Arthure Greuell

The Spectacle - Lithograph on Brown Paper by A. Greuell - Early 1900

Early 1900

La Danse is a poetic and colorful lithograph realized by Emile Deschler. This Modern artwork representing a scene of a gala danse, is signed on plate on lower right corner, under th...

Dancer is an Original Lithograph realized by Lucien Mainssieux. The artwork is in good condition on a yellowed paper. Under the drawing there is a ...

Created in 1898 as the very first supplement to Les Maîtres de l’Affiche, this intimate lithograph distills Jules Chéret’s vision of Belle Époque Paris into a single, buoyant figure....

Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG BALLET UND PANTOMIME...