Question
After six years producing monochromatic frontispieces to sheet music, this man started a press which popularized color lithographic printing. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this French artist of the Belle Époque (“bell ay-PAWK”), often credited with elevating poster-making to an art, such as in ads for the Folies Bergère (“foh-LEE bair-ZHAIR”). Some of his posters feature his namesake carefree women, often shown dancing or floating.
ANSWER: Jules Chéret (“shay-RAY”) (The figures were called “chérettes.”)
[10e] This lithographer felt so indebted to Chéret that he sent him a copy of every poster he made. A frequent subject of his, the dancer La Goulue (“goo-LEW”), appears in his painting At the Moulin Rouge.
ANSWER: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
[10m] Toulouse-Lautrec was introduced to color lithography by Pierre Bonnard, a founding member of this group. Like Bonnard, another member of this group, Édouard Vuillard (“vwee-YAR”), became associated with intimism.
ANSWER: Les Nabis (“lay nah-BEE”)
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Summary
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| North Carolina A | Cornell A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |