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Palais de Glace
1900 · Lithograph
97 x 34 1/4" (246.4 x 87 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jules Chéret
French, 1836
Paris, France
PrintmakingArt Nouveau
Representation
None documented
7
Institutional Exhibitions
47
Works in Collection
76
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Art Nouveau
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Modern Poster
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Posters from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Posters in the Penthouse
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974–1975
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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Art Nouveau
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
About
Why this artist matters now
Jules Chéret was a French painter and lithographer who pioneered the modern poster at the intersection of fine art and commercial design. Working primarily in color lithography from the 1860s onward, he developed a fluid, gestural approach to female figures set against dynamic, abbreviated backgrounds that became synonymous with Belle Époque visual culture. His technical innovations in chromolithography and his prolific output for Parisian entertainment venues established the vocabulary of poster art as a legitimate artistic medium. Chéret's work bridged nineteenth-century academic painting and twentieth-century modernism, influencing generations of graphic designers and fine artists.
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