Banque National de Crédit French WWI 1916 Original Poster RefPO#08 Meunier succeeded Cheret at the

Meunier succeeded Cheret at the Chaix printing house as principal artist and director

in which his characters usually emerge from a white or plain background rather than being more obvious caricatures

the street urchins of Montmartre in Paris

the Théâtre du Châtelet and theaters in New York

mostly for the local cabarets and theatres

Banque National de Crédit French WWI 1916 Original Poster RefPO#08 Meunier succeeded Cheret at theThis 1916 poster, full of exquisite detail, depicts a vast, modern French army marching underneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. In a reference to its triumphant history, a celestial column of Napoleon's Grand Army descends from the monument on a curling cloud and join their real life counterparts. Artist Franois Rude's lime statue, La Marseillaise, gloriously calls all to battle as if taking command and managing the traffic of the heavenly decedents.