MAURICE REALIER-DUMAS (1860-1928) MADERES BLANDY. 1896. 641/2x24 inches. G. de Malherbe & Cie., Paris. Condition B+: restored minor losses in image and margin; minor overpainting in image and along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears in margins and image. Two sheets. Realier-Dumas belongs to the generation of academic painters who opted to design posters when poster art was the craze of Paris. He was the only one to invent a unique style perfectly suited to the poster medium. His elongated women with clear outlines and soft colors, along with the vertical format he favored, make his posters easy to recognize. Here, to sell Madeira wine, he uses his standard composition, dressing the woman in a traditional Madeiran costume, placing a basket of grapes in front of her and showing the ocean in the background, to remind the viewer that Madeira is an island! DFP II 736.
