30 Impressive Posters Illustrated by Misti in the Late 19th Century

Misti is the pseudonym of Ferdinand Mifliez (1865–1922), who worked in the Chaix (Cheret’s) printing plant before opening his own studio and creating many more posters, largely for bicycle and automobile firms, from 1894 to 1914.

Misti was an accomplished painter who exhibited regularly in Paris salons, he was most proud of his poster designs. Throughout the 1890s, his posters all bear the imprint “Affiches Misti.” Some of his largest clients were department stores, bicycle companies and , after 1900, Les Fetes de Neuilly. His elegant and efficient style, which features beautiful stylish women as often as possible, is a standard of the fin-de-siecle renditioning.

Misti, after his hectic two decades in the early part of the century, eventually went on to open his own printing plant. In the two decades 1894-1914, Misti designed over 100 posters for a multitude of clients, including bicycles, department stores and publishing houses. Here below is a set of impressive posters illustrated by Misti in the 1890s.

Le Seul Vraiment Digestif, Unikina, circa 1890s

Clément Cycles et Automobiles, circa 1890s

A La Place Clichy, Jouets Etrennes, circa 1890s

Alcyon Cycles, Motocyclettes, circa 1890s

Américan Crescent Cycles, circa 1890s

Avec les Plaques Jougla, J'opère à toute heure, circa 1890s

Becar's, circa 1890s

Châlet du Touring Club, circa 1890s

Cottereau, circa 1890s

Cycles Clement, circa 1890s

Fête de Neuilly, circa 1890s

Liqueur Menthe-Pastille, E. Giffard, Distillateur, Angers, circa 1890s

Qu'attendent - ILS?, circa 1890s

Rouxel & Dubois, Paris, circa 1890s

Rulland & Gauthier, F. Reze, circa 1890s

Scala, Revue de E. Héros, circa 1890s

Sources Romaines de St.Galmier, Eaux Minérales Naturelles, circa 1890s

Velodrome de L'est, circa 1890s

Rouxel & Dubois, circa 1894

A Voltaire, circa 1895

Au Palais de la Danse, circa 1895

Cottereau, circa 1895

Humber Beeston Première Marque du Monde, circa 1895

Rudge, circa 1895

Le Vélo, circa 1897

Manufacture Chaussures, circa 1897

Automobiles Lebrun & Cie, 1899

Cycles & Motocyclettes Gladiator, 1899

Essence Lesourd, 1899

Le Petit Chat, Savon de Toilette, 1899