1897
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Poster for the Lembrée Gallery is a 1897 by Théo van Rysselberghe, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This poster shows a woman in a bright orange dress holding a stack of framed art prints. Behind her is a shop counter with a sign that reads *"Estampes & Encadrements d'Art"* and a phone hanging on the wall. The floor is wooden, and there’s a box labeled *"Gravures du XIXe"* on the counter. The woman’s outfit and the shop’s simple design fit the style of late 1800s advertising. The prints she holds look like sketches or old drawings, suggesting the shop sells framed art. Look up Impressionism to see how this poster’s bold colors and flat shapes connect to that movement.
Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century.
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