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Exposition Universelle Liège
Bellery-Desfontaines, Henri, born 1867 - died 1909 - Enlarge image
Exposition Universelle Liège
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
France (made)
- Date:
1905 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Bellery-Desfontaines, Henri, born 1867 - died 1909 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithograph
- Museum number:
E.283-2006
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, room 405M, case D, shelf 3
The V&A was born out of the success of the world's first great international exhibition held in London in 1851. The exhibitions, expositions and world's fairs staged around the world since then have been spectacular, popular and influential. Unsurpassed in their scale and confidence, the expositions encompassed the very latest developments in art, science and technology from all nations of the world, displayed in a fabulous array of buildings and parks.
This poster advertised the French Republic's participation in the Exposition Universelle, staged in Liège in 1905. The designer, Henri Bellery-Desfontaines (1867-1909), was a multi-talented French artist who was variously a painter, lithographer, architect, decorator and designer.
