Galerie des Artistes Modernes

Artist: Charles Leandre French (1862-1930)

Title: Galerie des Artistes Modernes

Plate: PL. 206

Description: Condition A.
Original lithograph from "Les Maitre de L'Affiche" series. 
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, 1900.
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.

Maitre Sheet Size: 11 3/8 in x 15 3/4 in 29 cm x 40 cm

Price: $125.00

In this poster for the Gallery of Modern Artists' First Exhibit of the society of Painters and Lithographers, Leandre's skill as a caricaturist is seen in the portraits of a cross section of Paris types. They all appear to be looking towards the exhibition, which is being announced here. At the top the small man who looks down on the crowd, is a bill sticker (poster hanger) with his glue bucket with brush, and his poster stick in hand. Leandre is noted for his wicked wit, which was used to the utmost, as one of the earliest and most prolific contributors of drawings to "Le Rire".