※About the IMP. MOURLOT
The predecessor of the printing house known as the IMP. MOURLOT was a small private shop dealing in commercial prints and wallpapers, founded in Paris in 1852 by François Mourlot ( 1828-1902 ).
The person who made the greatest achievements in art history was the third generation, Fernand Mourlot ( 1895-1988 ).
He consolidated the printmaking business, which his father had expanded, into a lithograph production workshop.
This is when the name IMP. MOURLOT was born.
He also actively invited the most cutting-edge contemporary artists of the time, such as Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Braque, and Léger, to his workshop. They were astounded by the high quality of the lithographs produced by the IMP. MOURLOT, and were immediately fascinated by the technique, which allows for a high degree of freedom in drawing directly on stone plates.
The IMP. MOURLOT became a trendy place that produced a succession of works in collaboration with genius printmakers such as Fernand Mourlot and Charles Sorlier ( 1921-1990 ).
In recent years, there has been an accelerating trend in art museums overseas, especially in the United States, to collect vintage lithograph posters produced by the IMP. MOURLOT.