Always new: the posters of Jules Chéret : selections from the James and Susee Wiechmann collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Abstract

"Always New: The Posters of Jules Chéret highlights French artist Jules Chéret's (1836-1932) role in transforming the poster into a form of ephemeral art that embraced the public's interest in novelty and rapid change during the nineteenth century. Drawing from the largest collection of Chéret posters in the country, the book features approximately 100 works that span the artist's career and include both his most celebrated and lesser-known images. These works are organized into five sections dedicated to cabaret performances, fashion, the press, travel, and consumer products"--Provided by publisher.

Contents

Director's foreword / Marcelle Polednik -- Introduction and acknowledgments / Nikki Otten -- Lithographic monuments: the ephemeral as modern in Chéret's posters / Nikki Otten -- Chéret's department store fashion poster: marketing to women consumers / Ruth E. Iskin -- Jules Chéret and the color poster in France: design and printing in the late nineteenth century / Virgine Vignon -- Plates Always new: Jules Chéret and James and Susee Wiechmann -- Novelty acts: cabaret performers and spectacle -- La mode de Paris: fashion and department stores -- The latest page-turner: the press and serialized novels -- Voyage: real and imagined travel -- To your health!: consumables.