<p>Jules Cheret (1836-1932) was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of poster art. Often called the father of the modern poster. Born in Paris to a poor but creative family of artisans, a lack of money meant Jules Cheret had a very limited education. As his work became more popular and his large posters displaying modestly free-spirited females found a larger audience, pundits began calling him the "father of the women's liberation." Females had previously been depicted in art as prostitutes or puritans. The women of Cheret's posters, joyous, elegant and lively - 'Cherettes', as they were popularly called - were neither. It was freeing for the women of Paris, and lead to a noticeably more open atmosphere in Paris where women were able to engage in formerly taboo activities, such as wearing low-cut bodices and smoking in public. In his old age Jules Cheret retired to the pleasant climate of the French Riviera at Nice.</p>
<p>French poster for Loie Fuller at the Folies Bergeres, in Paris, France. Lithograph by Jules Cheret, 1893.</p>
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