Lucien Métivet was a highly successful poster artist and contributor to Parisian humor magazines like Le Rire and La Semaine de Suzette. He was a master in caricature, humorous illustration and lithographic techniques. After his debut exhibition with the Salon des Artistes Francais, he published a series of satirical drawings in the Critique. He soon abandoned that style in favor of poster art and became one of the most prominent illustrators of the 19th century. He became one of the leading illustrators of Le Rire, and in 1926 he illustrated the humorous tales of Balzac.
