Vintage Leonetto Cappiello cookies ad Poster

Completely retouched (this is probably the only copy you will find that hasn't got big creases (folds) in the middle. Original size was 100 x 140 cm (c. 39.37 x 55.11 inch) Poster showing a woman, wearing a fashionable turn of the century yellow dress, eating almond cookies. Leonetto Cappiello is known as the Father of the Modern Advertising Poster. Combining Cheret's joyful exuberance, Toulouse-Lautrec's technique of simplified lines and flat colours and his own background as a caricaturist, he had an original approach to using posters as eye-catching advertising tools. As a result, his posters are still among the world's most popular. Today, more homes are decorated with Cappiello's posters than any other single poster artist in the world. Perfect for in the living room, dining room or kitchen!