Henri Thiriet aka Henry Thiriet (1873-1946) was a prolific French

poster A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration. Typically, posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text ...

artist, book illustrator and painter. Although responsible for many memorable posters, almost nothing is known about Thiriet's life and career. He painted in a flamboyant

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...

style, using its characteristic curves and swirls, and a colourful palette to create imagery bearing his clear stamp.

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s and their manufacturers are a recurring subject in his work, and the majority of his posters were designed for Omega, Griffiths and Dayton Cycles.http://www.internationalauctioneers.com/#/lot/show/707611/HENRY_THIRIET_%281866_-_1897%29._DAYTON_CYCLES._1898._63x93_inches._Courmont_Freres_Paris.

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French poster artists 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Book artists French illustrators 1873 births 1946 deaths Art Nouveau painters Art Nouveau illustrators People from Épinal 19th-century French male artists {{France-artist-stub