Artist: Jules Chéret (French, 1836-1932)
Title: Aux Buttes Chaumont – Jouets
Medium: Stone lithograph on Japon Paper
Edition: Extremely rare. One of only 25 printed on Japon paper and accompanied by single color proof.
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower right
Publisher: Chaix Imprimerie, Paris
Dimensions: (Each) Sheet Size: 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. Mat Opening: 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches.
Framing: Gallery matted and framed in a new solid wood moulding.
Jules Chéret was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of Belle Époque poster art. He has been called the father of the modern poster. Born in Paris to a poor but creative family of artisans, Chéret had a very limited education. At age thirteen, he began a three-year apprenticeship with a lithographer and then his interest in painting led him to take an art course at the École Nationale de Dessin. Like most other fledgling artists, Chéret studied the techniques of various artists, past and present, by visiting Paris museums.