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Chocolate advertising poster from Barcelona. Art by Paul Charles Chocarne-Moreau. Paul Charles Chocarne-Moreau was born in Dijon in 1855 , died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1931 , is a painter naturalist and illustrator French. Gabriel Amatller first made chocolate in 1797 in calle Manresa in Barcelona’s Born district. In 1878 Antoni Amatller ordered the construction of a new factory in what was the neighbouring town of St. Martà de Provençals, today part of Barcelona’s Poblenou district. Amatller became the leading chocolate manufacturer in Spain at the end of the 19th Century. As part of his major advertising campaigns, he hired the top poster designers of the day, even having a competition in 1914. This poster shows children living on the streets cooking food, probably chocolate, over an open fire. There is a border around the image. The image size is correct. Many sizes available.
