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| | National Gallery of Art | Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s |
 | | Collaboration between the arts was on the rise and interaction between visual artists, print publishers, writers, musicians, and entertainers fostered a climate of openness and cross-fertilization, helping to define one of the most dynamic periods in the graphic arts. |
 | | Posters had their greatest influence in the public realm, where they became the "visual signature of the epoch." Examples in the exhibition include Bonnard's promotions for France-Champagne (1891), La Revue blanche (1894), and Le Figaro (1903). |
 | | Advertising, which helped create broader markets, was a new development in a burgeoning capitalist economy; and Paris, at the time, was a center for avant-garde artists, many of whom sought the income and recognition that poster commissions would bring. |
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