 As an artist, Firmin Bouisset specialized in painting children subjects and did a number of illustrated books such as "La Petite Ménagère" (The Little Housekeeper) in 1890.At a time when posters were a popular form of advertising, Bouisset created posters with enduring images for a number of different French food companies such as Maggi and Lefèvre-Utile.For the latter company, he used their LU initials as an ad logo as part of an 1897 poster image for a line of butter biscuits featuring "Petit Ecolier" ("The Little Schoolboy").