This rare 1897 print from the celebrated Maîtres de l’Affiche collection captures a heroic figure with golden hair riding a white horse, created for the Exposition Russe on the Champ de Mars in Paris. A breathtaking piece blending Russian mythology with French Belle Époque poster art.
Commissioned to represent Russia at an 1897 Paris exhibition, this artwork merges pre-Soviet Slavic romanticism (in the spirit of Vasnetsov’s fairy-tale warriors) with the elegance of fin-de-siècle Paris. Issued in the Maîtres de l’Affiche series by Jules Chéret, this piece is a cultural fusion of French poster mastery and Russian legend.
