Talented artists like Cappeillo, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Mucha gained real fame through their colorful, whimsical, and often erotic advertising posters. Creating at the end of the Belle Époque, an era when pleasure, gaiety, and frivolity reigned, the artists blurred the line between art and life. Everything could and should be art, they asserted, and revolutionized the field of advertising. Their richly ornamental, asymmetrical images amuse as well as arouse curiosity and are valuable collectibles today.
More than just advertisements from the turn of the century, our sophisticated vintage liquor prints are also collectible works of art that made many of their creators famous. Whimsical and carnivalesque, these prints seem about to burst off the page--colorful celebrations of life, food, spirits, and the spirit, often with a mischievous, devilish edge. Select from our complete gallery of prints by your favorite vintage artists.