Full-figure representation of Marianne in the costume of a French revolutionary.
The personification of freedom beats the drum for the feast of the Charente department. Her Phrygian cap - a symbol of the emancipation of Roman slaves, is covered with a bicorn with a republican rosette.
Around it runs the inscription: 1917 Semaine de la Charente Infre. Vive la Nation! (Lower Charente Week. Long live the nation!)n
LOWER CHARENTE WEEK, A. Willette, France, 1917
zł4,500.00
Full-figure representation of Marianne in the costume of a French revolutionary.
The personification of freedom beats the drum for the feast of the Charente department. Her Phrygian cap - a symbol of the emancipation of Roman slaves, is covered with a bicorn with a republican rosette.
Around it runs the inscription: 1917 Semaine de la Charente Infre. Vive la Nation! (Lower Charente Week. Long live the nation!)n
Description
Signed: A. Willette
Adolphe Willette (1857-1926) - French painter and illustrator. Author of many propaganda lithographs and electoral graphics of the time. Student of Alexander Cabanel, from whom he studied at the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts. His works enjoyed popularity, which is why over time they became cabaret posters, decorations of the windows of the artistic district of Butte Montmartre, or elements of café menus. It was he who decorated the Moulin Rouge in 1889, designing its most recognizable symbol - the red mill above the entrance.
France, 1917
Lithography.
Dimensions: 119cm x 80cm
Condition: damage visible in the photos.