Eugene V. Bourgeois Art

Although born in Livorno, Italy, Cappiello spent most of his adult life in Paris where he became one of the most successful and prolific posterists of all time (he created more than 500). He is known as the father of modern advertising for his captivating images that could be understood in a second, and remembered for a lifetime. The key to his work was creating a metaphor for a product that was so memorable that it could be absorbed instantly on a busy boulevard. He wrote: "Surprise is the foundation of advertising; it is its necessary condition." As a product poster...

Poster for the Saxon Trade and Art Exhibition, Dresden 1896 Color lithograph poster mounted on heavy linen, 1896 Signed in the stone lower left corner (see photo) Proof before additi...

School Girls of Vienna Packing Rations from England and America for the Little Children Color lithograph poster, 1921 Signed lower right in the text (see photo) Created in the Wein (Vienna), School of Arts and Crafts Designed by Stephanie Krauss, aged 15 years Published by the American Red Cross...

Bretagne Color lithograph, 1897 Signed in the stone lower right edge (see photo) Published in L’Estampe Moderne with their blindstamp lower right corner, Lugt 2790 (see photo) Editi...

Renouveau Color lithograph, 1897 Signed in the stone lower right (see photo) Published in L’Estampe Moderne with their blindstamp lower right corner, Lugt 2790, (see photo) Edition ...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE (1864-1901) PROMENOIR Delteil 290, Adhemar 324, Wittrock 315 Lithograph printed in olive black-green ink, c. 1899 Printed on japon paper, Full margi...

An elegant original lithograph for an exhibition in Amsterdam in 1917 for the Association of Austrian-Hungarian war painters, sculptors, and their guests, depicting a statue of the Greek warrior goddess Pallas Athena wielding a shield with an image of the head of Medusa against flames. This is one of many public art exhibitions across the continent that functioned as propaganda during World War I. Painter, engraver, and commercial artist Karl Sterrer...

An elegant original poster for a Swiss-style jewelry shop and manufacturer in France specializing in wedding rings, watches and other jewelry. The enterprising operation touts its ca...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE (1864-1901) PROMENOIR Delteil 290, Adhemar 324, Wittrock 315 Lithograph printed in olive black-green ink, c. 1899 Printed on japon paper, Full margi...

MORROW, ALBERT GEORGE (1863 -1927) "The New Woman" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, c. 1897. Plate #79 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4 ”The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters...

VALLOTTON, F. (1865 - 1925) "Ah! la Pe . . . la Pe . . . la Pepiniere" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stam...

CHARPENTIER, ALEX (1856 -1909) "Grande Tuilerie d’Ivry" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, issue # 33, 1898. Plate #131 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4”The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the "Maitres de l'Affiche," usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. The text reads "Great Tileworks of Ivry, founded in 1854, Ivry-Port near Paris; the largest ceramics factory in the world for building, industry and art productions; Emille Muller stoneware; execution of works by masters of statuary; architectural facings; decorative sculpture; showroom and salesroom, 3 rue Halevy; the only tile able to bear the names Muller and Ivry; (tiles) guaranteed against frost" Given the commission for an extremely text heavy poster, the artist executes a masterful design. The angelic young boy holds the wares of this famous ceramics factory, against an abstract background awash in organic green hues. The handling of the immense text that flows from top to bottom in every available space shows great artistic skill, as the overall beauty of the design is intact. In 1989 the Metropolitan Museum of art acquired a stoneware plaque...