Artist:
Richard
Ranft (1862-1931)
Title:
Salon
des Cent - Exposition Richard Ranft - No text
Date:
1894
Size:
16 x 23.6 in / 40.5 x 60 cm
Materials
and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper
Linen
backing: Yes
Condition:
A (Designates a poster in very good condition. The colours are
fresh and there are no or very few paper losses. If there are
imperfections they are marginal and imperceptible.)
Additional
Details:
Poster
for the 6th
edition of the Salon des Cent in November 1894.
A
woman lying on a sofa is reading La Plume newspaper. The interior
decorated with wallpaper with a white mice pattern is not present
in this proof.
The
Salon des Cent (also known as "Salon de la Plume") is an
exhibition of French art designed by Léon Deschamps, launched in
Paris in February 1894 in the lobby of the journal La Plume. The
idea was to exhibit and sell prints and drawings associated with
the literary and artistic periodical. The last edition, the 53rd,
took place in 1900.
This
exhibition hosted famous artists of the time including Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri-Gabriel Ibels, Alphonse Mucha, Eugène
Grasset, Fernand-Louis Gottlob, Pierre Bonnard, Georges de Feure,
Rene Lalique, Henri Matisse ...
Richard
Ranft started studying painting and drawing in Geneva. He then
went to Paris, where he attended the studios of Gustave Courbet
and Auguste Dumont, a sculptor who taught him the art of
engraving.
He
then worked with La Plume for whom he produced vignettes and
engravings. He also contributed to the Estampe Moderne
("L'Écuyère", 1897).
Further
information and photographs available upon request.
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