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Chéret, Jules

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Chéret, Jules (b Paris, 31 May 1836; d Nice, 23 Sept. 1932). French lithographer, designer, and painter, the first notable specialist in poster design. Chéret was the son of a typographer and trained as a lithographer. He designed his first poster in 1858 (for Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld), but he did not become prolific in the medium until the 1870s, when improvements in printing technology enabled large colour lithographs to be produced economically on cheap paper. In all he created about 1,200 posters, for all manner of products and performances. His work is predominantly light in spirit and often features attractive women. In 1898 he retired to Nice, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts there has an outstanding collection of his work. His brother Gustave-Joseph Chéret (1838–94) was a sculptor and designer.

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Jules Chéret

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Jules Chéret , 1836–1932, French painter and draftsman, originator of the modern poster . His colorful, sophisticated designs for the theater and opera influenced Toulouse-Lautrec. Chéret introduced color lithography into France in 1866.

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