Henri Privat-Livemont

Poster artist

Belgian Art Nouveau artist whose female figures are framed by a light outline against a patterned ground.

Henri Privat-Livemont worked on theatre scenery in Paris before returning to Brussels in 1889.

His posters for absinthe, cocoa and cigarette paper are among the best-known images of Belgian Art Nouveau.

• Absinthe Robette