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| Artist: Henri Meunier
Belgian (1873-1922) | | Plate: PL. 40 |
| Title: Concerts Ysaye | Description:
Condition A. Original lithograph from
"Les Maitre de L'Affiches" series.
Printed
by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, 1896.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival
museum mat, with framing labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat via Fedex.
Certificate of Authenticity.
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| Maitre Sheet Size: | 11 3/8 in x
15 3/4 in | | | 29 cm x 40 cm |
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| Price: $400.00 USD |
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"A striking design for concerts by the famed Belgian composer and conductor
Eugene Ysage"(Brussels p.115)
"As a poster designer, Meunier knew how to organize well-observed detail
to create an almost musical ambiance…by compositions that are gravely meditative,
clean and synthetic…
The Son of Belgian engraver Jean-Baptiste Meunier
and nephew of sculptor Constantin Meunier, Henri seems to have come by his artistry
in a genetic fashion. After completing brilliant studies at the academy in his
native Ixelles, he went on to pursue many fields: printmaker, poster designer,
graphic reporter and book binder. Oostens-Wittamer characterizes his poster work
as focused on bringing out opposing light and dark values within his often large,
contained, flowing masses of color...
The poster for Ysage concerts at the end of 1895 is considered to be the first
made by Meunier" (Belle Epoque 1970 p.68)
"Henri Meunier was an artist of exceptional purity. He took flat colours
in flat tints and his thick outlines from Japanese prints to construct strong
and clear images: 'With two or three pure colours, he fixes an impression that
penetrates and imposes itself like the truth' justly notes Demure de Beaumont."(Weill,
p.60) | |
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