Lucien Lefevre Absinthe Mugnier French Poster Dijon 16x6 Image 1895 Reprint
A colorful example of classic Belle Époque French advertising art, reproducing Lucien Lefèvre's celebrated 1895 “Absinthe Mugnier” poster created for Frédéric Mugnier.
The dramatic vertical composition depicts a smiling, exotically dressed soldier carrying his rifle and equipment while enthusiastically raising a bottle of Mugnier absinthe. Bold red-and-black lettering announces “ABSINTHE MUGNIER”, with the advertising copy “En Vente Partout” and “Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève.”
The original poster was designed by French poster artist Lucien Lefèvre and printed in Paris in 1895 by Imprimerie Chaix / Ateliers Chéret. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs records the original monumental advertising poster at approximately 244 × 86 cm, executed as a color lithograph on paper.
This composition belongs to the golden age of French poster design—the Belle Époque / fin-de-siècle period—and combines bold commercial typography, saturated color and lively figurative illustration.
Artist: Lucien Lefèvre (French)
Title: Absinthe Mugnier
Advertiser: Frédéric Mugnier
Original date: 1895
Art period: Belle Époque / Fin de Siècle
Style: French advertising poster / early Art Nouveau-era graphic design
Subject: Absinthe advertising; military figure raising a bottle
Original medium: Color lithograph on paper
This example: Appears to be a later color reproduction on paper
Original printer: Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret), Paris
Original printer address: 20 Rue Bergère, Paris
Original publisher/commission: Frédéric Mugnier
Place of origin: Paris, France
Locations advertised: Dijon and Genève/Geneva
Visible wording: “Absinthe Mugnier – En Vente Partout – Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève”
Original artist signature/date: Lefèvre 95 appears in the original design; the museum also documents the printed signature and date at lower right.
Orientation: Vertical / portrait
Frame: Unframed
Mat: None
Sheet: White paper with broad margins surrounding the reproduced image
New in sleeve. Ships flat
Sheet size: 18" H x 14" W
Image size: 16" H x 6" W
SKU 5552
The dramatic vertical composition depicts a smiling, exotically dressed soldier carrying his rifle and equipment while enthusiastically raising a bottle of Mugnier absinthe. Bold red-and-black lettering announces “ABSINTHE MUGNIER”, with the advertising copy “En Vente Partout” and “Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève.”
The original poster was designed by French poster artist Lucien Lefèvre and printed in Paris in 1895 by Imprimerie Chaix / Ateliers Chéret. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs records the original monumental advertising poster at approximately 244 × 86 cm, executed as a color lithograph on paper.
This composition belongs to the golden age of French poster design—the Belle Époque / fin-de-siècle period—and combines bold commercial typography, saturated color and lively figurative illustration.
Artist: Lucien Lefèvre (French)
Title: Absinthe Mugnier
Advertiser: Frédéric Mugnier
Original date: 1895
Art period: Belle Époque / Fin de Siècle
Style: French advertising poster / early Art Nouveau-era graphic design
Subject: Absinthe advertising; military figure raising a bottle
Original medium: Color lithograph on paper
This example: Appears to be a later color reproduction on paper
Original printer: Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret), Paris
Original printer address: 20 Rue Bergère, Paris
Original publisher/commission: Frédéric Mugnier
Place of origin: Paris, France
Locations advertised: Dijon and Genève/Geneva
Visible wording: “Absinthe Mugnier – En Vente Partout – Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève”
Original artist signature/date: Lefèvre 95 appears in the original design; the museum also documents the printed signature and date at lower right.
Orientation: Vertical / portrait
Frame: Unframed
Mat: None
Sheet: White paper with broad margins surrounding the reproduced image
New in sleeve. Ships flat
Sheet size: 18" H x 14" W
Image size: 16" H x 6" W
SKU 5552
Description
A colorful example of classic Belle Époque French advertising art, reproducing Lucien Lefèvre's celebrated 1895 “Absinthe Mugnier” poster created for Frédéric Mugnier.
The dramatic vertical composition depicts a smiling, exotically dressed soldier carrying his rifle and equipment while enthusiastically raising a bottle of Mugnier absinthe. Bold red-and-black lettering announces “ABSINTHE MUGNIER”, with the advertising copy “En Vente Partout” and “Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève.”
The original poster was designed by French poster artist Lucien Lefèvre and printed in Paris in 1895 by Imprimerie Chaix / Ateliers Chéret. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs records the original monumental advertising poster at approximately 244 × 86 cm, executed as a color lithograph on paper.
This composition belongs to the golden age of French poster design—the Belle Époque / fin-de-siècle period—and combines bold commercial typography, saturated color and lively figurative illustration.
Artist: Lucien Lefèvre (French)
Title: Absinthe Mugnier
Advertiser: Frédéric Mugnier
Original date: 1895
Art period: Belle Époque / Fin de Siècle
Style: French advertising poster / early Art Nouveau-era graphic design
Subject: Absinthe advertising; military figure raising a bottle
Original medium: Color lithograph on paper
This example: Appears to be a later color reproduction on paper
Original printer: Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret), Paris
Original printer address: 20 Rue Bergère, Paris
Original publisher/commission: Frédéric Mugnier
Place of origin: Paris, France
Locations advertised: Dijon and Genève/Geneva
Visible wording: “Absinthe Mugnier – En Vente Partout – Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève”
Original artist signature/date: Lefèvre 95 appears in the original design; the museum also documents the printed signature and date at lower right.
Orientation: Vertical / portrait
Frame: Unframed
Mat: None
Sheet: White paper with broad margins surrounding the reproduced image
New in sleeve. Ships flat
Sheet size: 18" H x 14" W
Image size: 16" H x 6" W
SKU 5552
The dramatic vertical composition depicts a smiling, exotically dressed soldier carrying his rifle and equipment while enthusiastically raising a bottle of Mugnier absinthe. Bold red-and-black lettering announces “ABSINTHE MUGNIER”, with the advertising copy “En Vente Partout” and “Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève.”
The original poster was designed by French poster artist Lucien Lefèvre and printed in Paris in 1895 by Imprimerie Chaix / Ateliers Chéret. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs records the original monumental advertising poster at approximately 244 × 86 cm, executed as a color lithograph on paper.
This composition belongs to the golden age of French poster design—the Belle Époque / fin-de-siècle period—and combines bold commercial typography, saturated color and lively figurative illustration.
Artist: Lucien Lefèvre (French)
Title: Absinthe Mugnier
Advertiser: Frédéric Mugnier
Original date: 1895
Art period: Belle Époque / Fin de Siècle
Style: French advertising poster / early Art Nouveau-era graphic design
Subject: Absinthe advertising; military figure raising a bottle
Original medium: Color lithograph on paper
This example: Appears to be a later color reproduction on paper
Original printer: Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret), Paris
Original printer address: 20 Rue Bergère, Paris
Original publisher/commission: Frédéric Mugnier
Place of origin: Paris, France
Locations advertised: Dijon and Genève/Geneva
Visible wording: “Absinthe Mugnier – En Vente Partout – Frédéric Mugnier – Seul Fabricant – Dijon – Genève”
Original artist signature/date: Lefèvre 95 appears in the original design; the museum also documents the printed signature and date at lower right.
Orientation: Vertical / portrait
Frame: Unframed
Mat: None
Sheet: White paper with broad margins surrounding the reproduced image
New in sleeve. Ships flat
Sheet size: 18" H x 14" W
Image size: 16" H x 6" W
SKU 5552
Lucien Lefevre Absinthe Mugnier French Poster Dijon 16x6 Image 1895 Reprint
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