Posters Alfons Mucha Advertising Posters By the 1890

Posters אלפונס מוכה Alfons Mucha

Advertising Posters By the 1890 s posters had taken centre stage in the visual culture of the French capital. Thanks to the advancement of printing technology, the standard of colour lithography was improving and the material opulence of Belle Époque Paris provided talented artists with great opportunities to design advertising posters. Poster for 'Nestle 's Food for Infants' 1897

The Paris hoardings had been the official posting places for advertising posters since the implementation of the Law on the Freedom of the Press in 1881; by then they had become ‘street galleries’, influencing the commercial success of both the advertisers and the artists designing the posters. In this competitive environment the artistic quality of the posters became increasingly important. 1898 Poster for 'F. Champenois Imprimeur-E diteur' printing business

1896 'Chocolat Masson' calendar April - June 1896 'Chocolat Masson' calendar January - March

Lance Parfum Rodo (1896) This poster advertises a perfume produced by the Société des Usines Chimiques du Rhône in Lyon. Mucha's elegant and graceful turn-of-the-century women were particularly successful in appealing to female audiences. As a result, his commercial work was in great demand from cosmetic companies.

Champagne Ruinart (1896) This poster is one of Mucha's earliest commissions from F. Champenois and was included in the seminal Exposition d'Affiches Artistiques Françaises & Etrangères Moderns & Retrospectives held in Rheims in November 1896.

Poster for 'Biscuits Champagne Lefèvre-Utile' (1896) Lefèvre-Utile, a Nantes-based manufacturer of biscuits, commissioned top artists to do their publicity. In addition to posters, Mucha also designed box tops, wrappers and other printed matter for the company. The social setting depicted in this poster is intended to show Lefèvre-Utile products to be consumed in high society.

JOB 1896 Poster

Poster for 'Job' cigarette paper, 1898 'JOB' is a trademark for the Joseph Bardou Company, manufacturers of cigarette papers. In this poster, Mucha’s stylised depiction of hair, known at the time as macaroni or vermicelli, is both decorative and sensual. With her curled up toe – a symbol of female sexual arousal – and the raised tip of her cigarette, Mucha produces a sexually charged poster. The clasp which holds the woman’s dress together, based on the Job monogramme, draws the eye of the viewer to her chest.

With his innovative design for Gismonda Mucha arrived on Parisian street art scene at an opportune moment. As Mucha later wrote, his poster was ‘a breath of fresh air’ which the public had been looking for. In addition to the work for Sarah Bernhardt Mucha began to receive commissions for advertising designs from a variety of printers including Camis in Paris and Cassan Fils in Toulouse. It was, however, after 1896, when Mucha signed an exclusive contract with the Parisian company F. Champenois Imprimeur. Editeur, that his output in this field expanded dramatically. Champenois paid Mucha on a monthly basis; this provided him with financial security and that summer he was able to rent a large apartment and studio in the rue du Val de Grâce. The majority of Mucha’s Parisian posters were produced with Champenois and it is this body of work for which he is best known and internationally recognised.

Self Portrait working on the poster for 'Imprimerie Cassan Fils', c. 1896 © Mucha Trust

Poster for 'Imprimerie Cassan Fils' (1896) In this poster for the Cassan Fils printing works, Mucha combines the real with the emblematic - the semi-naked model contrasts with the allegorical, faun-like printer who represents the printing industry. The eyes in the mosaic border could be seen to represent the readers who benefit from the printing works.

1898 Calendar of 'Cherry Blossom' lithograph © Alphonse Mucha Estate-Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York-ADAGP, Paris

1896 Savons Alfred Schweizer Poster

The subjects range from cultural events and railway services to diverse consumer products such as perfume, cigarette paper, beer, champagne, chocolate and biscuits, as well as bicycles. For these posters Mucha developed a new style from the Gismonda prototype, featuring a single figure or the head of a seductive woman against a halo-like disk, which is arranged harmoniously with flowers and other decorative motifs. In his design the image of a woman was used strategically as a medium for communication, first to draw potential consumers’ attention with her feminine beauty and then to send an alluring message about the product she was representing. 1897 Poster for 'La Trappistine' lithograph

1899 Mucha worked with Moët Chandon on a number of posters, catalogues, postcards and other promotional material. This poster exists in several versions. To capture the distinct taste of Moët's dry champagne, Mucha chose to depict a brunette with classical features wearing a high neck dress and ornate jewellery.

Moet & Chandon Cremant Imperial 1899 Poster

1897 Poster for 'Bleu Deschamps' lithograph © Alphonse Mucha Estate-Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York-ADAGP, Paris

1897 Poster for 'Los Cigarillos Paris' lithograph

1897 Poster for 'Socie te Populaire des Beaux Arts‘ lithograph New York-Paris

1897 Poster for 'Chocolat Ideal' lithograph 117 x 78 cm

http: //poulwebb. blogspot. co. il/2013/04/alphonse-mucha-part-3. html Poster for 'Bières de la Meuse' (1897) This large format poster portrays a woman with a wreath of poppies, wheat and hops in her hair holding a pint of beer. She has Slav features and recalls the figure of Summer from Mucha's Seasons series of the previous year. The poster incorporates two images at the bottom of the poster that are by another artist: an image of the goddess of the river Meuse and a bird’s eye view of the brewery.

Monaco Monte Carlo 1897 Lithograph

1897 Poster for 'Salon des Cent” 1897' lithograph

Poster for 'Moravian Teachers' Choir', 1911

1898 Poster for 'Be ne dictine‘ lithograph 205. 7 x 77 cm

1898

Au Quartier Latin 1900

1901 Poster for 'Heidsieck & Co. ' Champagne lithograph 66. 5 x 49. 7 cm

Poster for 'Cycles Perfecta' (1902) In this poster for British company Cycles Perfecta, Mucha expresses the freedom and exhilaration associated with riding a bicycle. The stylised golden hair, one of the hallmarks of his female figures, inhabits the entire poster and lends a sense of motion to the composition.

1898 'Menus et Programmes Illustre s' cover lithograph 22 x 32 cm

1898 'Waterlily' postcard

1898 Cover of 'The West End Review'

1898 Cocorico magazine No. 1

1898 Cover of 'Au Quartier Latin' lithography

1898 Cover of 'The West End Review'

1898 Poster to promote the works of Mucha at 'La Plume, Paris' lithograph 63. 5 x 45 cm

: מקורות http: //poulwebb. blogspot. co. il/2013/04/alphonse-mucha-part-1. html http: //poulwebb. blogspot. co. il/2013/04/alphonse-mucha-part-3. html http: //oseculoprodigioso. /mucha-alphonse-art-nouveau. http: //www. artrenewal. org/pages/artist. php? artistid=598 http: //www. muchafoundation. org/about/mucha-museum http: //www. muchafoundation. org/gallery/browse-works/page/1 http: //he. wikipedia. Mucha http: //www. e-mago. co. il/Editor/art-189. htm http: //richet. christian. free. fr/gauloisgismonda/gaulois. html http: //www. rugusavay. com/alphonse-mucha-selected-works/ http: //www. museumsyndicate. com/item. php? item=2691 http: //www. muchafoundation. org/gallery/browse-works/object/199 http: //www. muchafoundation. org/gallery/themes קלריטה ואפרים : הנכם מוזמנים להיכנס לאתר שלנו www. clarita-efraim. com chefetze@netvision. net. il