Friday Featured Art: Posters of Paris

Last week when we were at the Wisconsin State Fair, we saw advertisements for an exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum, called "Posters of Paris."  So we hurried over to see it before they closed for the day.  It is billed as Toulouse-Latrec and his contemporaries, but I was excited to see some lithographs by Alphonse Mucha.  The show runs through September 9.

Whitman's Sampler

I finally found a Whitman's Sampler tin with the Mucha image at Russell Stover. I got it out an outlet store, so it was only $5. It's a pretty little box. I'll have to think about what to put in it after the chocolates are gone!

Chocolate-Amatller Barcelona

I found a beautiful tin of chocolates at Rainbow Gardens while I was in Utah. They are from Chocolate-Amatller Barcelona and feature an image by Mucha. (I got the one on the bottom.) Delicious and beautiful!

Friday Featured Art: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Poster

The 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was an almost unfathomable event. It covered acres and acres and took place over months, and I'll have to post more about it at a later date. For now I want to draw attention to the famous poster for the exposition, designed by Alphonse Mucha. He was a prominent figure in the art nouveau style that was popular at the turn of the century. I find the intricate designs and elaborate draping really interesting. I got a copy of this poster at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, on the site of the World's Fair, and I think that I will always love it.