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Category Archives: Art Deco Posters&Graphics
NOTHING SKETCHY ABOUT THE SKETCH
The British periodical known as The Sketch (1893-1959) took upon itself the project of showing “aristocracy” in a positive light. In addition to its coverage of expensive events and pampered heirs and heiresses, it was able to attract illustrators and–most … Continue reading
THE SPECIAL MOMENT IN VIEW IN VINTAGE FORTUNE MAGAZINES
Back for a closer look at the design package that kicked off this blogsite (on September 3, 2012), we’re especially drawn to an ad (from the January, 1931 issue) for office furniture. The furniture itself is totally lacklustre. But the … Continue reading
FALL FASHIONS OF LONG AGO—STILL YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME
Salo de Creacions 1935;Gerard;19 ¼” x 13 ¼”;A, L Fall fashions and Halloween come together where we live, due to most of the population being intent on playing out (every day, every season) some variant of Road Warrior—a bit … Continue reading
MODERNIST GRAPHIC DESIGN (IN ITS MOST RECENT INCARNATION)
Exposition Internationale Coloniale (Antwerp) 1930;Anonymous; 16″ x 23″ The notion of the “modern” in creative output became compelling near the end of the nineteenth century. At that time industrialization and its drastic reconfiguration of urban socioeconomic life had reached proportions … Continue reading
MAKING WAVES IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
This bustling locomotive, in addition to being a rare and somewhat oddly satisfying vintage poster, is a cue to looking closely at the varied and intriguing means of putting across motion (that delicious phenomenon) in eye-and-heart-catching visual advertisements. It may … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Avant-Garde Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged French vintage pochoir, Georges Lepape, Giuseppe Riccobaldi, Paul Colin, Vintage L'Illustration magazine, vintage sports posters, Vintage Transportation Posters, Vintage Travel Posters
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YUMMY! VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART IN RESTAURANT DECOR!
One of the most exciting kinds of projects at the outset of our vintage poster business was providing apt settings for restaurants. The phenomenon of enjoying a night of delicious food and wine in an inspired setting—inspired in the senses … Continue reading
COMING OF AGE—ON THE SILVER SCREEN AND IN ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTERS
Buy U.S. War Stamps Bonds 1942; Al Parker; 20” x 14 ¼”; A-,L The film, BOYHOOD, is a coming-of-age creation, with a difference. It particularly reminds us that in the golden era of graphic design (and right up to the present) this irresistible … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Avant-Garde Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Performance Art, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged Austin Cooper, contemporary film, Donald Brun, iPod poster, original entertainment posters, original vintage travel posters, Richard Linklater
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THE ELEMENT OF DARKNESS IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC DESIGN
Chicago Go Greyhound c. 1960 ; Rod Ruth; 40” x 30”; A-, P Nocturnal imagery has a long-standing record of providing special impacts. In the vintage poster shown above, it lends an aura of mystery to the skyline of Chicago, the better to illuminate … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged Adolph Treidler, David Klein, Jean Dominique van Caulaert, Leonetto Cappiello, Lucien Boucher, original vintage Spanish Fiesta posters, original vintage travel posters, Pal, Rod Ruth
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CARDBOARD, BUT FAR FROM TACKY—ORIGINAL VINTAGE PLACARDS!
Rhum Tamaris c.1940; Anonymous; 14 1/4″ x 10 1/4″; A-,Cdbd. We’re beginning this survey from our placard collection, with a very simple design, a photograph of a pretty girl replete with accessories apt for the tropical production areas of rum. … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Food and Beverage Vintage Graphics, Gino Boccasile, vintage bicycle graphics, vintage calendar graphics, vintage placard graphics, vintage Spanish graphics
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THE GOLDEN, EDGY FASCINATION OF FORTUNE MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1933
Naysayers notwithstanding, this is, for me, an irresistible graphic design. It graces the back cover of an issue of lithographically and journalistically advanced Fortune Magazine, and was published 81 years ago. First a concept: it takes guts for a bride … Continue reading