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L’AFFICHOMANIA: THE PASSION FOR FRENCH POSTERS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 – FEBRUARY 19, 2022



Folies-Bergère/La Loïe Fuller Émilienne D’Alençon
Jules Chéret, 'Folies-Bergère/La Loïe Fuller Émilienne D’Alençon,'1893, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

BIENVENUE À LA BELLE ÉPOQUE!

Be transported to the bright, bold, boulevards of 19th century Paris and witness the color revolution for yourself in L’Affichomania: The Passion for French Posters. This vibrant collection of lithographic posters and ephemera by masters of the craft Jules Chéret, Eugène Grasset, Alphonse Mucha, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec will make it hard to believe that you’re still in Provo!

L’Affichomania celebrates the poster’s brilliant fusion of art and commerce in fin-de-siècle French society and its effects on Parisian street life, the rise of advertising, the entertainment district of Montmartre, and the changing representations of women.

We invite you to enter the world of L’Affichomania through our replica of a Parisian metro station, to immerse yourself in the Paris of yesterday with our exhibition audio guide, available exclusively on the BYU Museum of Art app, and to celebrate a simpler time at our Art After Dark event on September 17. You’ll have so much fun in Paris that you may never want to leave!

This exhibition was organized by The Richard H. Driehaus Museum and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.

Jane Avril
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 'Jane Avril,' 1899, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Zodiac
Alphonse Mucha, 'Zodiac,' 1896, color lithograph on silk. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum..

Moulin Rouge: La Goulue
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 'Moulin Rouge: La Goulue,' 1891, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Yvette Guilbert
Jules Chéret, 'Yvette Guilbert,' Au Concert Parisien, 1891, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Le Journal/La Traite des Blanches
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, 'Le Journal/La Traite des Blanches' (“The White Slave Trade”), 1899, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Folies-Bergère/La Loïe Fuller
Jules Chéret, 'Folies-Bergère/La Loïe Fuller', 1893, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Princess Hyacinth
Alphonse Mucha, 'Princess Hyacinth,' 1911, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Jane Avril
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 'Jane Avril,' 1893, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Salon des Cent: Exposition Grasset
Eugène Grasset, 'Salon des Cent: Exposition Grasset,' 1894, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

La Dame Aux Camélias
Alphonse Mucha, Sarah Bernhardt as 'La Dame Aux Camélias,' 1896, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Motocycles Comiot
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Théâtrophone
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

La Marque Georges Richard/Cycles & Automobiles
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

Folies-Bergère/La Loïe Fuller Émilienne D’Alençon
Jules Chéret, 'Folies-Bergère/La Loïe Fuller Émilienne D’Alençon,'1893, color lithograph. Photograph by John Faier. © 2015 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.

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