traditional_art·Traditional ArtbyPugJesus Poster advertising the reopening of the Chat Noir Cabaret, Paris, France, 1896 ADView original on piefed.social189Comments13Reply
aandros_rex lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesI feel like this poster is in every high school French classroom.20Reply
rredhorsejacket replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyI was going to say that I'm pretty sure I've seen this on a bottle of wine at some point haha8Reply
MinnesotaGoddam replylemmy.worldAnd a reasonable facsimile is on a ton of jazz albums. I was never good enough to put a black cat on mine4Reply
DacoTaco lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesWait, this is from an actual place?!?! My gf has that as a framed poster on her wall that she got from a second hand store! I didnt know! Her poster mentions nothing of a reopening or the likes though!9Reply
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I feel like this poster is in every high school French classroom.
I was going to say that I'm pretty sure I've seen this on a bottle of wine at some point haha
And a reasonable facsimile is on a ton of jazz albums. I was never good enough to put a black cat on mine
The artist is Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.
Theophile. Someone who really loves Theo.
And Theo means God in Greek. Godloving, theophile.
Theophilus. Someone who really loves two Theos
Most people call him Phil
Wait, this is from an actual place?!?!
My gf has that as a framed poster on her wall that she got from a second hand store! I didnt know!
Her poster mentions nothing of a reopening or the likes though!
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It's a cabaret, there's many versions of this poster
I had this one as a fridge magnet!
Such a wonderful illustration.
CE
FTFY