La Danse (Dance) 1893
julescheret
minneapolisinstituteofart
color-lithograph, print
water colours
egg art
color-lithograph
curved letter used
possibly oil pastel
culinary art
underpainting
france
watercolour bleed
watercolour illustration
botanical art
watercolor
"La Danse" (Dance) is a lithograph created in 1893 by French artist Jules Chéret, known for his captivating designs of posters and lithographs that often depicted figures in motion. This particular piece presents a dynamic image of a woman dancing gracefully, her flowing dress and hair conveying a sense of energy and freedom. The figures in the background, seemingly in flight, further enhance the artwork's ethereal and whimsical atmosphere. The soft, muted color palette and delicate lines of the lithograph contribute to a sense of lightness and elegance. The image of the dancing woman, rendered with a graceful fluidity, exemplifies Chéret's mastery of capturing movement and emotion in his artwork.
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Jules Chéret was churning out 200,000 posters a year by the mid-1880s, transforming Parisian streets into what art critic Roger Marx called "an open-air museum." Chéret's signature was the "chérette," seen here in her usual guise: radiant, fey, seductive. Yet Chéret's contribution to L'Estampe originale catered to collectors' tastes for the unique. Instead of the bold, circus feel of his mass-produced posters, this print is muted, intimate, and atmospheric. The light-handed use of the lithographic crayon only adds to the transparency of the chérette's notoriously filmy costume.
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