Cosmydor Savon
Poster
1891 (Designed and made)
1891 (Designed and made)
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Jules Chéret (1836-1932) is known as the Maître de l'Affiche, or the 'Father of the poster'.This is primarily due to his groundbreaking developments in the colour lithographic process, but can also be attributed to his prolific output and ostentatious style: Chéret was capable of rendering even the most banal of subjects sensational.
Here advertising Cosmydor soap, Chéret has drawn on one of his compositional standbys: an attractive and fashionably dressed young woman shown using the featured product. The artist's use of cross hatched lines to create tonal shading in the woman's face, wrists and décolleté is clearly visible.
Here advertising Cosmydor soap, Chéret has drawn on one of his compositional standbys: an attractive and fashionably dressed young woman shown using the featured product. The artist's use of cross hatched lines to create tonal shading in the woman's face, wrists and décolleté is clearly visible.
Object details
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| Title | Cosmydor Savon (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Poster. Savon Cosmydor, by Jules Chéret, French; 1891. |
| Physical description | Two wrapped cakes of soap and an open, labelled box of soap lie on a table. A young woman in a blue and yellow striped dress uses another cake of soap to wash her hands in a bowl. |
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| Summary | Jules Chéret (1836-1932) is known as the Maître de l'Affiche, or the 'Father of the poster'.This is primarily due to his groundbreaking developments in the colour lithographic process, but can also be attributed to his prolific output and ostentatious style: Chéret was capable of rendering even the most banal of subjects sensational. Here advertising Cosmydor soap, Chéret has drawn on one of his compositional standbys: an attractive and fashionably dressed young woman shown using the featured product. The artist's use of cross hatched lines to create tonal shading in the woman's face, wrists and décolleté is clearly visible. |
| Bibliographic reference | Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202. |
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| Accession number | E.92-1921 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2007 |
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