Artist · 36 prints
Louis Rhead Prints
About Louis Rhead
Louis John Rhead was an English-born American artist, born in 1857 in Etruria, Staffordshire, and he died in 1926 in Amityville, New York. Rhead studied in Paris under Gustave Boulanger and at the National Art Training School in London. In 1883 he moved to New York to become art director for the publisher D. Appleton, a post he held for six years.
Louis Rhead was one of the leading American poster artists of the 1890s, designing nearly 100 posters for magazines, newspapers and products such as Pearline and Packer's soap. Solo exhibitions of his posters were held in London in 1896 and in Paris in 1897. After 1900 he turned to illustrating literary works and wrote several books on fishing.
Louis Rhead prints: reproductions of the American Art Nouveau posters Louis Rhead designed between 1892 and 1898. Works include Woman with Peacocks (La Femme au Paon) (1897), Exposition, Salon des Cent (1897), The Century for Xmas (1895), Read The Sun (1895) and Poster Calendar for 1897 (1896).
This selection covers Rhead's poster work for magazines and newspapers, especially The Century, St. Nicholas, Harper's Bazar, Scribner's and The Sun, with seasonal issues for Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and midsummer. It also includes advertisements for soaps and perfumes and the four quarters of his 1897 poster calendar. Most feature a single woman framed by flowers or peacocks, with strong outlines and flat colour.
The decorative posters suit kitchens, hallways, home offices and reading nooks, and the seasonal designs work well rotated through the year. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
