Purgatif Géraudel (Géraudel purgatives)
by CHÉRET, Jules, Tiled panel, iron frame, colour glazed, 122 x 82 cm
Probably the most popular decorative painter and poster artist in France, Ch�ret represented the urbane, Parisian style within French poster art, creating as it were the “pin-up girl” of the Belle �poque. In an almost Rococo manner and with Impressionist colouring, he depicted figures of graceful young women of delightful radiance, which thrilled Paris.