The poster of Paradis Latin

The oldest cabaret posters, including those of Paradis Latin, date back to the 1890s. At that time, theater and advertising posters became an artistic genre in their own right.

The theater posters, which flourished on Morris columns and walls in Paris, were signed by painters and lithographers who are now famous. The names of Jules Chéret, considered the inventor of the modern poster, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec or Mucha are certainly not unknown to you. During their career as poster artists, they immortalized the stars of their time (the famous posters of the actress Sarah Bernhardt by Mucha), but also the moving bodies of cabaret dancers and singers (Yvette Guilbert or La Goulue by Toulouse-Lautrec).

Aimed to promote all kinds of exhibitions, events and shows, these retro posters have a characteristic graphic style that we now call “vintage”.