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French Posters Exhibition - From Toulouse-Lautrec to Atelier Mourlot and Savignac

Kyoto Institute of Technology Museum and Archives

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This exhibition introduces posters from the early golden age of lithographic posters produced in France, which became the center of poster development, including posters from the Murlo workshop specializing in lithography and posters by Savignac and others who incorporated humor into their posters.

Thanks to lithography, a printing technique invented by Aloys Senefelder in Germany in 1798, posters underwent rapid development. Cheret, also a lithographer, explored the possibilities of posters by drawing on lithographic stones, laying the foundation for modern posters. Subsequently, artists like Toulouse-Lautrec and Mucha also worked on color lithographic posters.

In 1921, Fernand Mourlot took over his father's printing workshop specializing in lithography, the "Mourlot Workshop". Many lithographic works were produced through collaborative work between leading artists of the time and skilled craftsmen. This exhibition will display approximately 25 lithographic posters by artists such as Chagall, Picasso, Dali, and Buffet, created in the Mourlot workshop.

Additionally, posters by Raymond Savignac, who learned poster design as an assistant to the renowned designer Cassandre, along with posters by Andre Francois, who also studied under Cassandre, and Bernard Villemot, a friend of Savignac, will also be exhibited.

Schedule

Apr 8 (Mon) 2024-Jun 8 (Sat) 2024