Maurice Neumont - Color Lithographed Poster - The Grenadier And The Child - 1904

Maurice Neumont - Color Lithographed Poster - Le Grenadier Et l'Enfant - 1904 A humorous poster, an aged grenadier from the 3rd regiment carries a child, his bottle and his rattle, a young woman, probably the mother of the child responds to the gaze insisting from a young socialite. Rare poster that has remained fresh with paper still in good condition. Some small discolourations and rare small tears around the edges, without gravity. With the following, undoubtedly humorous mention "Anyone holding this poster not bearing the remark signed by the author will be condemned to death" Dimensions approximately 68.5 x 92.5 cm Biography: Maurice Neumont, born September 22, 1868 in Paris where he died on February 10, 1930 (aged 61), is a French painter, lithographer, illustrator and poster designer. A pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Maurice Neumont exhibited at the Salon of French artists in 1902. The following year he became a member of the Society of Painters-Lithographers as a member of the management committee. , alongside Léonce Bénédite, Henri Patrice Dillon, Charles Léandre. We do not pass ! (1918), poster against White Peace. Action by Auto-Transports de France SA dated September 1, 1921; designed by Maurice Neumont During the First World War, he produced propaganda posters. Member of the artistic and literary society "Le Cornet", Maurice Neumont illustrates 56 menus between July 4, 1904 and November 8, 1929. He exhibited at the Salon des humoristes in 1923. He is the founder, with Jean-Louis Forain, Francisque Poulbot, Raoul Guérin and Adolphe Willette, from the Free Republic of Montmartre. Maurice Neumont is knight of the Legion of Honor. He was buried in Paris in the Batignolles cemetery (26th division).