Chocolat Menier - 1893
VINTAGE FRENCH POSTER - GICLÉE PRINT
This vintage French poster is an example of "Affiche
Artistique",
advertising chocolate.
The artist is Firmin Bouisset and it is the daughter of the artist
who served as the model for the young girl. Published in 1893.
Dimensions: 16.5" x 24"
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Chocolat Menier, 1893 |
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Chocolat Menier, 1893 |
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*Peel & Stick: Repositionable
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Artists in the late 1800s found
opportunities to present their work to the masses through advertising art
that began to appear as billboards and posters, plastering the streets of
Paris. “Affiche Artistique” was the term that the French used to describe a
poster that contained artistic expression. The art was so impressive
to the public, people began to collect the posters as soon as they went up,
which is why they are so scarce today. Artists such as Henri
Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha, Jules Chéret, Théophile-Alexandre
Steinlen, Pierre Bonnard and Eugène Grasset contributed to the creative body
of work that became what some called “a free museum for the masses”.
The craze for collecting these examples of modern art was even given the
name, "affichomanie", meaning “artistic poster mania”. Collectors today pay
hundreds, if not thousands for original prints of these rare posters.
We offer these exceptional vintage poster reproductions in
the highest possible print quality. Superior to most reproductions
currently available on the market, our gallery quality prints are suitable
for display in an art gallery or museum. We begin with an ultra high
resolution scan of the original artifact which we leave untouched, leaving
intact the slightly distressed vintage character desirable in a collectible
piece of this era. Our state of the art, giclée reproduction process
uses the latest technology: microscopic droplets of ink that render such a
high resolution, that every minute detail of the original is intact.
Every pen line and brush stroke is visible. Even very faint pencil
lines are also visible due to the incredibly high quality of the
reproduction process. Our 8 color, archival quality inks and giclée
printing process provide the most accurate color reproduction & are proven
to last over a hundred years. Posters are available printed on museum
quality archival paper or on repositionable media that allow you to plaster
your walls with the “Affiche Artistique”, just as they were originally
intended to be displayed.
About the artist:
Firmin Bouisset
French, (1859 – 1925)
 Born
in Moissac in southwestern France, Firmin Bouisset was a talented
illustrator, specializing in painting children and publishing several
illustrated books. His illustrations of children drew the attention of
food companies such as Maggi and Lefèvre-Utile. Bouisset developed the
logo using the intials LU for the Lefèvre-Utile company and his illustration
for the “Little Schoolboy” biscuits is still in use by the company today.
In 1892, Bouisset contracted with the
Menier company, using his daughter Yvonne as the model for the little girl
writing her name in chocolate, which was to become an iconic image for the
company.
Firmin Bouisset died in Paris in
1925.
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