Jules the Disgruntled Pumpkin by Kim Hawke / / Jules the Pumpkin had rotting holes shaped like hearts for ears. He didn’t know why; ...
Jules the Disgruntled Pumpkin by Kim Hawke / / Jules the Pumpkin had rotting holes shaped like hearts for ears. He didn’t know why; they were just like that. It was his vine’s fault. / On Halloween night, Jules hopped into a kitchen through the window and accidentally landed on a knife, which went flying and stuck into the wall. He hid under the dining room table as someone came in the room. / “Hey, Mom! Can you come in here for a minute?” a girl with a chocolate-smeared mouth said. Her mom came in. “There are little pumpkin seed-shaped droppings all over the floor.” / “Hmm. Mice, maybe. They need more fiber in their diet. Cheese isn’t good for your intestines. We’ll pour some of Grandma Goo’s fiber chocolate that she keeps sneaking into our cereal on the floor for the mouse,” the mom said. The two of them cackled as they got rid of the food they hated so much. / The doorbell rang and the two left the room to give kids candy. / Jules hopped out from under the table and sniffed the fiber-loaded chocolate, a.k.a. The Laxative. It smelled all right to Jules, so he ate a few pieces and if you want to know what happened to Jules, then ask an evil little kid who has fed a laxative to seagulls. / The next morning, Grandma Goo screamed, and three generations of Goo women stood around Jules. / “I didn’t know pumpkins had mouths,” the youngest Goo said. / Mother Goo made Jules into a pumpkin pie and froze him for Thanksgiving. When the pie was finished baking and its smell filled the house, it didn’t smell any different from the other pumpkin pies the Goos had ever made because fiber doesn’t have a smell… / Jules, squashed, mashed, baked, and brooding, sat in the freezer for a few weeks, waiting to be let out of the cold, aluminum-foil-covered prison so he could get revenge on the Goos. / Finally, the morning came when Jules was defrosted and set next to the turkey guts that come in a little white bag inside the raw turkey. Jules just sat there on the counter, not being able to see or anything, but sensing the salmonella that was possibly crawling over to his crust. He felt cheated. How did he end up in such a disgusting kitchen filled with women who gossiped about the other women from their church who gossiped when he’d had such an adventurous life outside this place? Curiosity smashed the pumpkin. / Eventually, after witnessing some nibbling on his crust in the kitchen, Jules was brought out to the dining room and his gooey crust was sliced by the crusty Goo, who had specs of flour in her wrinkles. A room full or people grabbed their sliced of Jules before anyone in another part of the room had a chance to get theirs, and soon Jules was divided and sliding down esophaguses to do his real work. / In less than an hour, twenty-something Goos were all racing and pushing for the only bathroom in the small duplex, and Jules was released into the sewer, which had a leaky pipe that drained into a pumpkin patch on the outskirts of town, and Jules soon took his regular form again, growing on heart-shaped vines.
Hi everyone,hope you’re all doing well.Jules and I are good.We had an unbelievably beautiful day today here in Norfolk,and decided to tak…
Hi everyone,hope you’re all doing well.Jules and I are good.We had an unbelievably beautiful day today here in Norfolk,and decided to take advantage,so we set off in the car,camera in hand and ended up at Hunstanton Beach,just on the coast of Norfolk,England.I gotta say,God was sure smiling down on us today with great weather and beautiful scenery! We took some shots and have uploaded them.Have a look and we hope you enjoy :O) God Bless! / Missy & Jules
SELL TODAY… / Today got my first framed pictures up.. + 3 great camera’s from really cheap to well beyond my budget… ”!http://vizun…
SELL TODAY… / Today got my first framed pictures up.. + 3 great camera’s from really cheap to well beyond my budget… / CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO SEE. Have a look today… / If you want to add your photos Framed or Turned into cards. Then feel free to email me your selection of the ones you want in our shop. / Just send me your picture plus a wonderful description and how much you would like(expect) to make from the card or framed picture. We will then put it on display and if any of them sell. Send you your profit. At the moment I don’t have a download picture facility but email attachment works well… I will confirm I have received your picture and when it is displayed for sale email you again with details. After that you will be told when and if your works sells.. About the worst that can happen is it to sit there, with no one buying and the best it may sell some and you make a profit. Its got to be worth a try :o.. Give it a go So its Jules at Vizuns@gmail.com / Include Photo or link to. / Include Description. / Include how much you would like to make from your card/picture. / I will attempt to get your art on sale as quick as possible. Probs within 7days / ...............................................................................................................
I am having a break from the computer to play with my kitten Jules, its hard to be on the computer and work with one hand while cuddling …
I am having a break from the computer to play with my kitten Jules, its hard to be on the computer and work with one hand while cuddling him, so I want to spend time with him while he is a kitten, / sure it wont be long
Tracy Jule is an up and coming camera artist with some very nice work. A lovely old r…
Tracy Jule is an up and coming camera artist with some very nice work. A lovely old red barn in particular drew my attention. I’m sure you’ll enjoy paging through her Folio / Enjoy!! / Dayonda
_*I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I WILL BE ONE OF THE MANY LAID OFF THIS YEAR. MY LAST DAY AT MY JOB WILL BE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008. I WILL …
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I WILL BE ONE OF THE MANY LAID OFF THIS YEAR. MY LAST DAY AT MY JOB WILL BE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008. I WILL BE DOING A LOT OF ORGANIZING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY NEW CAMERA (OLYMPUS) SO THAT I CAN ADD SOME NEW PEICES FOR YOU TO ENJOY! I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON! / I AM TAKING THIS MOMENT TO TELL ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I HAVE MADE ON RED BUBBLE AND SENDING OUT THANK YOU’S TO ALL THE GROUPS I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FEATURED IN! I FEEL THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO ALL THE THANK YOU’S BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW TO GO FROM GROUP TO GROUP AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW I DO APPRECIATE THEM ALL! / I APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL COMPLIMENTS AND ADVICE. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEAVING AN IMPRESSION ON SOMEONE OUT IN THIS HUGE WORLD! Thank you to each and everyone of you that take the time to vote, leave comments or simply view my work! Without you, I am nothing but a girl with a camera! My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. / All images & journals are copyright © protected & belong to TRACY ANNE JULE. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images & journals without written permission from the artist, is strictly prohibited & may result in a fine & / or court proceedings. Thank you to A BEAUTIFUL BLURR for using my artwork BRIDGING THE COLORS as the AVATAR of the group for the month of DECEMBER 2008!! What an Accomplishment!!!! ALSO FOR ALL WHO VOTED FOR ME IN THE GREATEST VIEW IN THE WORLD WHERE I PLACED 2ND OF 117 ENTRIES, I WILL TRY AGAIN FOR THE NEXT ROUND! I HOPE TO WIN A SPOT IN THAT CALENDER! I AM SO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE I FINALLY WON MY FIRST CHALLENGE WITH BRIDGING THE COLORS IN AMERICAS ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free – Expressions of Artists!!! / Thank you to the following groups for giving me the opportunity of FEATURE in October 2008 for my favorite unedited photo: Bridging the Colors: BRIDGING THE COLORS WAS FEATURED IN: / BUBBLERS WEEKLY CHALLENGES / WEEKLY THEME CHALLENGES / COUNTY BUMPKIN / ONE FOR THE ALBUM / MOOD and AMBIENCE / THE BEGINNERS CORNER / 12 GREAT FEATURES / BOREDOM COMPETITIONS / UNTOUCHABLES / OLYMPUS AND FOURTH THIRD GROUPS / AS IS / SEASONAL SCAPES / RURAL AMERICA / FALLING LEAVES / THE GREATEST VIEW IN THE WORLD (OCT 28, 2008) / COUNTRY BUMPKINS / THE BEGINNERS CORNER / MOOD AND AMBIENCE NOVEMBER 15, 2008 I had 6 FEATURES IN ONE DAY!! THEY INCLUDED GROUPS: / ONE FOR THE ALBUM / Two shots in MOOD and AMBIENCE / COUNTRY BUMPKIN / THE BEGINNERS CORNER and / ALL OUT EMOTION Thank you to all of my friends and family who have supported me and guided me in the right direction, your love is felt all around me, ESPECIALLY WHEN I PULL THE CAR OVER EVERY MILE TO TAKE THAT ONE SHOT THAT I FEEL GOD SENT ME! / DECEMBER 2008 FEATURES / BRIDGING THE COLORS WAS FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS SO FAR: / AS IS / COUNTRY BUMPKIN (2ND MONTH!!) / SIT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY WAS FEATURED IN: / SEASONAL SCAPES / REFLECTION AND ROMANCE WAS FEATURED IN: / MOOD AND AMBIENCE NOVEMBER 2008 FEATURES CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS WAS FEATURED IN: / IF IT DOESN’T BELONG! / WHISPERS IN THE WIND WAS FEATURED IN: / BUBBLERS WEEKLY CHALLENGE / THE BEGINNERS CORNER / UTICA, IL BRIDGE WAS FEATURED IN: / ROUTE 66-THE MOTHER ROAD BLACKLIGHTS AND NEON COLOR WAS FEATURED IN: / ARTAGEOUS REDBUBBLERS ARTISTS GROUP SISTER LOVE WAS FEATURED IN / BOREDOM COMPETITIONS / SIT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY WAS FEATURED IN: / BENCHES GROUP / COLORS LEAVES AND LOVE WAS FEATURED IN: / YOUR ACCEPTED / FOREVER SISTERS, FOREVER LOVE WAS FEATURED IN: / ARTAGEOUS RB ARTISTS I CAN SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING! WAS FEATURED IN: / ALL OUT EMOTION / Thank you to PRIZE CHALLENGES for the FEATURE of DAYDREAMING -OCTOBER, 2008 / THANK YOU TO MOOD AND AMBIENCE FOR THE FEATURE OF DAYDREAMING-NOVEMBER 2008 I NEED TO TELL ALL GROUPS AND FRIENDS WHO VOTED: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! / FEATURES I WAS BLESSED WITH in OCT 2008 / Thank you to Healing Journey for giving me the opportunity of FEATURE in October 2008 Stairway of Color this was my first FEATURE Thank you to ALL OUT EMOTIONS for FEATURE of: / I SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!-NOV2008 / / SIT AND RELAX ON A WARM NIGHT FEATURED IN MOOD AND AMBIENCE, OCT 2008 / BLACKLIGHTS AND NEON COLOR AND I TOOK THIS MYSELF, FEATURED IN ARTAGEOUS RB ARTISTS, OCTOBER 2008 / RAINBOW BRIGHT FEATURED OCTOBER 2008 IN ONE FOR THE ALBUM / BRIDGING THE COLORS3 FEATURED OCTOBER 2008, IN FALLING LEAVES All images © Copyright 2008 Tracy Anne Jule, All Rights Reserved Following are some of my favorite quotes: / “A picture is worth a thousand words, it is said. / That’s not always the truth. A picture can say only a few words and a picture can / write a novel. That’s all up to the artist behind the shutter.” The picture say, what the eye gazes. Congratulations for your work, I am deeply amazed by the amount of submissions you upload daily! Your work is 100% professional, but numbers dont matter when you are truly amazed by someones work. A person always work hard and tries to be perfect, but its impossible por a human to be perfect, that´s what makes us perfect, the striving for perfection.
PLEASE BE AWARE / I just got this email and thought I would pass it on, just incase it may affect any of you. Link. / http://www.redbubb…
PLEASE BE AWARE / I just got this email and thought I would pass it on, just incase it may affect any of you. Link. / http://www.redbubble.com/people/dougie1/writing/2330170-theft-of-your-work Message. THEFT OF YOUR WORK! Author: dougie1 / Word Count: 137 / browse writing next / IF YOU HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTICE, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT “VILI VITSKA” / HAS BEEN STEALING WORK, PUBLISHING IT ON PHOTOBUCKET, AND OFFERING IT FOR SALE! / PLEASE BE ALSO AWARE, THAT BY GOING TO “EDIT MY PROFILE”, AND SCROLLING DOWN, YOU WILL FIND A TICK BOX, “PREFERENCES”. IF YOU TICK THIS BOX IT PUTS A CLEAR LAYER OVER ALL OF YOUR PICS, SO SHOULD ANYONE TRY TO COPY IT, THEY GET A BLANK PAGE! THANKS TO RED BUBBLE FOR MAKING THIS CLEAR TO THEIR THOUSANDS OF (WIDE OPEN TO ROBBERY) CUSTOMERS!! ok, on this womans fave list, are the following that I know: helen bascom, rose moxon, cheri mceachin, gaild, vonnie murfin, antanas, lucindawind, micmac, and funkyface studio. / Also in a big way are corinne noon, michael j armijo, shanina conway, clair mcadams, and jaqueline roberts
I have always said that i believe in karma…yet so many crazy messed up things happened in my life that I did not bring on. I’ve recentl…
I have always said that i believe in karma…yet so many crazy messed up things happened in my life that I did not bring on. I’ve recently made a lot of changes in my life and I know they are the changes that I should have made years ago, like allowing someone to know and love me like Frank does. I’ve learned who my true friends are…aww. It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. Frank, I always remember the love you give me…i’ll remember how you’ve changed me…i have no special talents..i am only passionately curious. There’s something about the look in your eyes, something I noticed when the light was just right, it reminded me that i was alive, and it reminds me that you’re so worth the fight…life is not a movie. Good guys don’t always lose, everybody isn’t always lying, and love, well sometimes it does conquer all…sometimes the people we meet will change us forever..do you feel it too? I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything..it comes from too long having to read so much into hardly anything at all..There are a lot of things about me that weren’t what you thought, when you first laid eyes on me. I wasn’t perfect, but you still love me, you have to love all things about me or else you would be gone by now, and you aren’t. When I am sleepy or lost on a road, or too talkative, or not talkative enough… you get me, YOU HAVE ME. / On Oct. 28, 2007, my life completely changed. I met Frank (the love of my life) and on SEPT 8, 2008, Frank asked me to marry him. i never thought i would be ready to give my life to someone until him. We are planning our wedding around the arrival home of my son who lives in Japan. Frank, you are my one true love: where there has been cold..you have brought warmth. Where my life was dark..you have brought light. Because of you..i laugh..i smile..i dare to dream again. i fell in love with you for the qualities, abilities, and outlook on life that you have. i promise to keep myself open to you. To let you see through the window of my personal world..into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams. For, our love is stronger than forever and deeper than the dreams to heaven that put us together in the first place! I love you forever and thank you for all you have done for my kids and me. Nanny defiantly sent you to me on that 28th day of October. And I am forever thankful. Frank and I
*Thank you sooo much Cheri Perry for being my first “buyer”!! I will post to the sold group and make sure you let me know if it looks as …
Thank you sooo much Cheri Perry for being my first “buyer”!! I will post to the sold group and make sure you let me know if it looks as good on a card as it does on the computer! I appreciate you sooo much!! / WHOOOO HOOOO! FIRST SALE!!!! CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES!! C’MON!! DO doo dupe dut dutlatoop!!!! HUMMING AND SINGING RIGHT NOW WITH A SMILE
Super Steve’s wonderful exhibition “NOW HERE’S MY DARKSIDE” @Tap Gallery’s opening night was on Wed 11th March. / What a wonderful exhibit…
Super Steve’s wonderful exhibition “NOW HERE’S MY DARKSIDE” @Tap Gallery’s opening night was on Wed 11th March. / What a wonderful exhibition opening!! / Thank you very much, Steve, his helpers and Tap Gallery. / Congratulations to all the artists!! Awesome works!! Artists / Adam Rawson / Adriana Glackin / Angel / Andrew Bastian / Andrew May / Anna Boros / Bill Fonseca / C J Lewis / Carl Alba Miranda / Carla K / Craig Anderson / Danny Hayes / Dorithy Rae Sullivan / Doug Bane / Emma Jane Arnel-Torrini / Gary Smith / Geoff Coleman / Glenda Carter / Haydn Williams / Hugh Drake / Irena Storay / Jeffrey Hamilton / Joanna Colyer / Joe Perugini / John Douglas / Julee Pryor / Justin Pearson / KathleenCiclovan / Laurie McKern / Lenore Gee / Lesley Dimmick / Marion Chapman / Mark Mason / Mark Moskvitch / Marta Madison / Mel Brackstone / Melanie Crawford / Midori Furze / Paul Louis Villani / Petra Pinn / Ravry Sarien Moon / Rose Moxon / Sara Lamond / Sarah McCauley / Sarah Moore / Sarah Roffery / Sean Burgess / Sonya Smith / Steve Mclaren (Organiser) / Susan Logan / Susie Stavert / Sylvain Baudoin / Tom Godfrey / Viola Bloomfield / Wendy Cohen PLEASE tell your friends, relatives, neighbours to visit the Tap Gallery. / 45 Burton Street, Darlinghurst / The exhibition will be on till 20th March / Open 7days 12 – 6pm / More info Tap Gallery NEW Online exhibition NOW HERE’S MY DARKSIDE has been launched!!
Can I just say Thankyou? Today,thanks to Julie Langford and all of her hard work,my website is completed and I am absolutely blown awa…
Can I just say Thankyou? Today,thanks to Julie Langford and all of her hard work,my website is completed and I am absolutely blown away by the testemonials that have been left for me. / My Head is absolutely huge from the amount of praise lauded on me from my dear friends who went out of their way to make KraftyArt’s / day,week,month and year. / Julie worked like a trojan and never faltered,and has always been there for me and many others who needed help along the way. / So intellegent,smart clever and ingenius,as a dear friend and advisor for anyone who need guidence. / Jul is the one to call on for anything,and will do her utmost to assist any lost soul here on the Bubble. / She deserves a medal for her diplomacy,and will fight tooth and nail to make sure things are fair. / So Thankyou Julie for the website,and if anyone is looking for quality website design Julie is the girl to go to. / Please see the example of her brilliant work on my front page,and see what a fellow friend and Bubbler is capable of doing. / Jules Rules / OK.
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Many many thanks to the group hosts for featuring this vintage poster! Mariani tonic Wine – lithography by Jules Cheret, 1894 / Original image on Wikipedia Commons This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Courtesy Wikipedia Vin Mariani (French: Mariani’s wine) was a tonic created circa 1863 by Angelo Mariani, a chemist who became intrigued with coca and its economic potential after reading Paolo Mantegazza’s paper on coca’s effects. In 1863 Mariani started marketing a wine called Vin Mariani which was made from Bordeaux wine treated with coca leaves. The ethanol in the wine acted as a solvent and extracted the cocaine from the coca leaves, altering the drink’s effect. It originally contained 6 mg of cocaine per fluid ounce of wine, but Vin Mariani which was to be exported contained 7.2 mg per ounce in order to compete with the higher cocaine content of similar drinks in the United States. / Vin Mariani was very popular in its day, even among royalty such as Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland. Pope Leo XIII and later Pope Saint Pius X were both Vin Mariani drinkers. Pope Leo awarded a Vatican gold medal to the wine, and also appeared on a poster endorsing it. / Thomas Edison also endorsed the wine, claiming it helped him stay awake for longer hours. THIS MONTH’S FEATURES
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“Vintage Advertising – Plakat Cheret 95 ” was featured in Wine – The Universal Elixir OCTOBER 2009 Features /
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Many many thanks to the buyer of “Vintage Advertising – Plakat Cheret 95 “ / Current offer by Redbubble …Buying 3 T-Shirts gets you FREE SHIPPING RedBubble T-Shirt designs are printed on 100% cotton American Apparel fabric, and are available in cuts to suit men, women and children. To keep them looking great, wash them cold and hang them up to dry. Zazzle Get the hottest T-shirts on the Internet. Choose from thousands of funny, vintage and other great T-shirt designs then customize to fit your size and style. No minimums, orders produced in 24 hours, and 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Zazzle is THE place for T-shirts and all your custom printing needs! Personalize any shirt – Every design on any styles or colors (450+) – No minimum – Organic styles - / Sizes up to 6XL – Satisfaction Guaranteed French poster. Author: Jules Chéret (died 1932). Datum: 1895. This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons For more information on Jules Chéret see Wikipedia or scroll to the bottom of this page. / / / VINTAGE AND BURLESQUE / I have sub-divided this section to make my life a whole lot easier. 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Enjoy browsing though this store and please feel free to comment: there is always room for improvement. / / / Some products from my Zazzle store Female Contemporary Art More Zazzle choices from Female Contemporary Art Wear my Art at Female Contemporary Art My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © taiche. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited / See more of taiche at Female Contemporary Art / / Baby Custom T-Shirts :dress that baby up with a special design on a custom t-shirt, long sleeve or onesize / Kids Custom T-Shirts .from organic t-shirts to long sleeve shirts, boys, girls, and toddlers can fill their fashion needs with a one-of-a-kind custom t-shirts for kids. Check out the latest organic t-shirts, sweatshirts, and girls shirts. And plenty of styles for toddlers too! Aprons / Bags / Buttons / Cards / Hats / Keds Shoes / Keychains / Magnets / Mousepads / Mugs / Postage / Postcards / Stickers / T-Shirt / Ties* Don’t forget my Calendar Section Born in Paris to a poor but creative family of artisans, a lack of finances meant Jules Chéret had a very limited education. At age thirteen, he began a three-year apprenticeship with a lithographer and then his interest in painting led him to take an art course at the École Nationale de Dessin. Like most other fledgling artists, Chéret studied the techniques of various artists, past and present, by visiting Paris museums. He was trained in lithography in London, England, from 1859 and 1866, where he was strongly influenced by the British approach to poster design and printing. On returning to France, influenced by the scenes of frivolity depicted in the works of Jean-Honoré Fragonard and other Rococo artists such as Antoine Watteau, Chéret created vivid poster ads for the cabarets, music halls, and theaters such as the Eldorado, the Olympia, the Folies Bergères, Theatre de l’Opera, the Alcazar d’Été and the Moulin Rouge. So much in demand was he, that he expanded his business to providing advertisements for the plays of touring troupes, municipal festivals, and then for beverages and liquors, perfumes, soaps, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. Eventually he became a major advertising force, adding the railroad companies and a number of manufacturing businesses to his client list. 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 Chéret’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. These ‘Cherettes’ were widely seen and recognised, and a writer of the time said “It is difficult to conceive of Paris without its ‘Cheréts’.” In 1895, Chéret created the Maîtres de l’Affiche collection, a significant art publication of smaller sized reproductions featuring the best works of ninety-seven Parisian artists. His success inspired an industry that saw the emergence of a new generation of poster designers and painters such as Charles Gesmar and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. One of his students was Georges de Feure. In his old age Jules Chéret retired to the pleasant climate of the French Riviera at Nice. He died in 1932 at the age of ninety-six and was interred in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris. He was awarded the Légion d’honneur by the French Government in 1890 for his outstanding contributions to the graphic arts. Although his paintings earned him a certain respect, it was his work creating advertising posters, taken on just to pay his bills but eventually his dedication, for which he is remembered today. In 1933 he was honored with a posthumous exhibition of his work at the prestigious Salon d’Automne in Paris. Over the years, Chéret’s posters became much sought after by collectors from around the world.
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