Le Journal des Ventes - 1899

VINTAGE FRENCH POSTER - GICLÉE PRINT

This vintage French poster is an example of "Affiche Artistique", advertising the Belgian journal of auctions, "Le Journal des Ventes".  Considered one of the finest examples of poster art from the Belle Epoque, the artist was Georges de Feure and the poster was published in 1899.

Dimensions:  16.25" x 24"

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:

Georges de Feure
French, (1868 – 1943)

Born in Paris, Georges de Feure was to become an important and versatile designer in the Art Nouveau movement.  He was accepted as one of only eleven new students at the prestigious Rijkscademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam in 1886, but terminated his formal education early, returning to Paris and beginning work as a designer.  He became the key designer for the famous Parisian gallery, the Maison de l’Art Nouveau, owned by Siegried Bing.  De Feures’ work was shown in the Exposition Universelle de Paris in 1900 and in 1901, de Feure was nominated Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur for his contribution to French decorative arts.  Before World War I, de Feure moved to England where he worked as a set designer, creating theater sets and costumes with an aeronautic theme.  De Feure returned to Paris in 1928, and was appointed Professor at the École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts.  Georges de Feure died in 1943 in German occupied Paris.