The Golden Age of Graphic Arts: French and Belgian Posters from 1890-1930 in the Collection

Root Hall
Open December 4, 2021 through January 9, 2022

The decades around the turn of the 20^th century are often referred to as the “Golden Age” of Graphic Arts. Posters and other mass-produced images used commercially were in high demand as the Industrial Revolution was in full swing and advertising for products, entertainment and leisure activities joined it. French artist and designers such as Jules Cheret, Henry Meunier, Maurice Dufresne and others created Art Nouveau and Art Deco-inspired graphic designs that have become icons of late 19^th/early 20^th century style The Museum of Arts and Sciences has some fine examples of these original designs bridging the eras from the Belle Epoque to the Roaring Twenties and bring them together in a celebration of the heyday of European graphic design.  

Image Credit: Henri Private-Livemont, French, 1861-1936, Absinthe Robette, 1896. Lithograph, Gift of Davidson Gallery. 90.15.001