 He experimented with different techniques and materials, first working in two colors, then 1869 advancing to three colors, black, red and combination color.He produced a wide variety of very popular posters, depicting idealized contemporary women, in posters for cosmetics and then for theater performances and ice skating rinks, including a famous poster for the Palais de Glace ice-skating rink in Paris (1896).The Swiss-French artist Eugène Grasset (1845–1917) was another early creator of French Art Nouveau posters.