1969 French Exhibition Poster - Foultitude, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Folon Alphonse Mucha Although posters have adorned hoardings

Although posters have adorned hoardings and buildings in and around our metropolis for over a century

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showing innovation in art and exploring new types of venue and forms of theatre

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has led to high demand and high prices

1969 French Exhibition Poster - Foultitude, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Folon Alphonse Mucha Although posters have adorned hoardingsDate: 1969 Size: 12 x 16 inches Artist: Jean Michel Folon When Folon died in 2005, the Guardian wrote: "Born in Uccle, near Brussels, the son of a paper wholesaler, Folon initially studied architecture, but by 1955 he had abandoned a country he regarded as a "mental prison" and headed for Paris. He ended up living in a gardener's pavilion in Bougival, on the outskirts of the capital, where he spent five years as a draughtsman. By the early 1960s, when