Artist · 14 prints
Paul Berthon Prints
About Paul Berthon
Paul Berthon, full name Paul Louis Joseph Berthon, was a French artist born in 1872. Sources disagree about his death: some give 1909, while a civil death record from Sceaux, near Paris, points to 1934.
Paul Berthon worked in Paris in the 1890s as a designer of lithographed posters and decorative panels in the Art Nouveau style. His posters include Leçons de violon and L'Ermitage, made for a literary magazine, and both were reproduced in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, a monthly series of poster reproductions. He also made a poster for the Salon des Cent exhibitions and one of the dancer Liane de Pougy at the Folies Bergère.
Paul Berthon prints: reproductions of the French Art Nouveau posters and decorative lithographs Paul Berthon made between 1892 and 1901. Works include Leçons de Violon (1898), L'Ermitage (1897), Sarah Bernhardt as Mélissinde in La Princesse Lointaine (1901), Dutch Lady with Tulips (1897) and Chemins de fer de l'Ouest: Normandie, Bretagne (1897).
This selection focuses on Berthon's calm, flat-coloured images of women in profile, framed by flowers, leaves and medieval-style ornament. It includes posters with and without lettering, his cover for Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, a travel poster for Normandy and Brittany, and portraits of Sarah Bernhardt and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
The soft, muted palettes suit bedrooms, living rooms and hallways, and two or three of the profile portraits hang well as a set. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
