Auguste Viollier (1854–1908) was an illustrator and designer active in French-speaking Europe during the late nineteenth century. Born in Geneva, he worked as a painter, draughtsman and printmaker, producing images for publications and commercial clients at a time when colour lithography was transforming public advertising.
His Grands Vins de Champagne Auguste Blum (1898) is an advertisement for champagne. The combination of decorative imagery and commercial lettering reflects the visual language of the Belle Époque, when manufacturers commissioned artists to make their brands immediately recognisable on the street.
Viollier also contributed illustrations and caricatures to the illustrated press. His career belongs to the same broad period of graphic experimentation as the posters and illustrated designs of George Barbier, although Barbier came to prominence a generation later. Viollier died in 1908.
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