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Category Archives: Illustration Art
PART THREE: BRUNELLESCHI ILLUSTRATIONS FOR de MUSSET PROSE WORKS
The first illustrated volume of the prose selections, of the complete works of de Musset (1949), consists of the writer’s rebellion-flourish, Confession of a Child of the Century. Accordingly, the text has evoked from our graphic designer some blue-chip nudes … Continue reading
PART TWO: BRUNELLESCHI ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WORK OF ALFRED DE MUSSET
You will discover that, whereas with the first instalment (as to poetry) of our review of the Brunelleschi-illustrated full output of Alfred de Musset’s writings (1949), the key is of erotic fantasy, with the 3-volume theatre works the priority has … Continue reading
A TRULY DELUXE ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATION
In 1995 we trained down from Paris to Versailles early one Sunday morning. There was a market of antiquities, but very few items for us. Almost in desperation about the slim pickings, we did notice and buy a 12-volume, stunning … Continue reading
WHERE WE’VE BEEN—I DESIRE VINTAGE POSTERS TURNING 30!
On Friday, February 13, 1987 we began our business as I Desire Vintage Posters. During this month, we will be posting several blogs covering a few highlights of the three decades of our business and pleasure activities. Our entryway-visual, showing wonders and … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art
Tagged A.M. Cassandre, Bernard Villemot, I Desire Vintage Poster history, I Desire Vintage Poster marketting, I DESIRE VINTAGE POSTERS TURNING 30! (PART THREE), I DESIRE VINTAGE POSTERS TURNING 30! (PART TWO)
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AWKWARD AND FASCINATING FIGURES IN VINTAGE GRAPHICS
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/pochoir-venetian-ladies-c1920.html One of the joys of our work with vintage fashion graphics is encountering the assurance and brilliance of many of the major artists of the art deco era. Designers like, Georges Lepape, George Barbier, Andre Marty, Umberto Brunelleschi … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Poster&Graphic Art, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged Berard, Charles Martin, Chompre, Drian, fourrures max, Illustrated vintage magazines, Marcel Vertes, Rene Vincent, Schiaparelli, vintage artistic magazine, vintage fashion illustration, Vintage Vogue magazines
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CHRISTMAS 1943—NEAR AND DEAR
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-harpers-bazaar-december-1943.html Long before there was Cyber Monday there was the more direct World War II, presenting, among other things, a weighty Christmas shopping dilemma. Wrapped up in the glorious Christmas shopping number seen above, we bring to you here (with … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged Berenice Abbott, Carl Ericson, Eric, Fra Giovanni, Harper's Bazaar vintage magazine, Marcel Vertes, Salvador Dali, Vintage Christmas graphics, World War II era
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REVISITING PERE CASTOR’S SERIES OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS
When I, in the 1990’s first encountered the Pere Castor stories (primarily from the 1930s), it was the illustrative and lithographic strengths which enchanted me. Then, on getting down to the French texts, I was delighted anew by the deft … Continue reading
WORKPLACE WORKS IN THE FORM OF VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/transportation-fly-boac-takes-good-care-of-you-c.1955-gold.html The way we work for a living transmits much about the historical moment and possibilities of fruitful interaction. The team-work depicted photographically in our first vintage poster is about treating others royally to ensure market share. But it is … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Bernard Villemot, original vintage animal posters, original vintage transportation posters, original vintage travel posters, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Vintage British posters, vintage fashion posters, vintage French posters
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SPOTLIGHT STRATEGIES IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-international-film-festival-berlin-1954.html There are myriad ways, in the field of vintage graphic design, to put one’s best foot forward for the sake of seducing the world to buy or subscribe to a product or service. Fine and/or startling modeling of … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged A.M. Cassandre, David Klein, Dolf Schmidt, Edy Legrand, G.W. Goss, PAN, Steve Jobs, vintage food and beverage posters, Vintage Fortune Magazine, Vintage Harpers Bazaar, Vintage Travel Posters
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VINTAGE POSTER ART PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF BEACHES
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/sports-la-cote-basque-1957.html For a pretty low-key phenomenon, visiting a beach serves up a startling range of priorities and presences. Vintage graphic design had been enlisted into maintaining a critical edge for the commercial interests of the sites; and thereby we reap … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Adolph Treidler, Bernard Villemot, Erté, Filippo Romoli, J. Matagne, Jean-Gabriel Domergue, L. Dola, Razzia, Umberto Bonetti, vintage artistic magazine, Vintage beach posters, Vintage Belgian posters, vintage French posters, vintage Italian posters
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