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Category Archives: Illustration Art
A TALE OF SIX GREAT GRAPHIC COVERS
Though it took longer to catch fire, the lithographic magazine has proved to be as capable of brilliant design and compelling timelessness as the vintage poster. Whereas the poster is limited to public wall display of a specific product or … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Eugene Grasset, Femina, Illustrated vintage magazines, La Grande Dame, La Novela Semanal, Leo Benigni, Leonneto Cappiello, Monaco-Sports, The Bystander, The Queen Winter Sunshine, Umberto Brunelleschi
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HOMAGE TO ART BY A GAMES MANUFACTURER
Calendar graphics tend to be highly charged impressions, designed to add a dash of fun or awe to mundane meanderings—pin-ups and land/or cityscapes seem to lead the charge. We have a calendar, for 1930, of fine offset renditions of linoleum … Continue reading
THE BIG TOP—SURPRISINGLY AND CHARMINGLY SUBDUED
We’re looking forward to the upcoming Cirque du Soleil show in September. Having been thrilled by several of their shows, we know we can count on feats of dynamic marvel to send us home more alert than when we arrive.
A VINTAGE GRAPHIC TOUR THROUGH NEW CARS & OLD CARS!
Electric cars are on the road right now and we have to pause and savor what a shift they bring our way. As you can see from the beautiful and critically acclaimed example shown here, namely, the Tesla Model S … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Industrial Design, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Andre Marty, Charles Relyea, electric cars, French vintage pochoir, Pierre Fix-Masseau, Pierre Mourgue, Rene Vincent, urbanity, vintage automobile graphics, vintage automobile posters, Vintage L'Illustration magazine, vintage Revista Ford magazines
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FORTUNE AND THE EXCITING BEAUTIES UNDERLYING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
When it comes to vintage magazine graphics, we all tend to focus on the often breathtaking covers, and perhaps one or two ads and article illustrations that really pop. In conveying to you what amazing value inheres in such items … Continue reading
MEDAL-WINNING OLYMPICS POSTERS !!
Olympics posters come to us as a very mixed bag. Last week we were pleased to see First Canadian Place, putting up some medal-worthy graphics for the non-stop sport center popping up in the foyer.
AIRPLANE GRAPHICS—THE SKY’S THE LIMIT!
Hier/Aujourd’hui Air Show 1931 ;S.Peratt ;46″ x 61 1/2″ In 1931, the composition in the foreground Aujourd’hui was very today (while the white, biplane figure was very yesterday). Time flies. But the mystery and romance of people travelling in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Benny & Peigno, Bernard Villemot, Geo Ham, Illustrated vintage magazines, Lucien Boucher, Ruehl Heckman, vintage artistic magazine, vintage aviation posters, Vintage Transportation Posters
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WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION–DOMESTICITY WITH AN EDGE
“Woman’s Home Companion” is not a (magazine) name to immediately bring to mind an imperative of the mysterious side of life. Practical food ingredients, toothpaste, floor wax, Arch Preserver Shoes (allowing the little lady to get back on the golf … Continue reading
ROSE ET NOIR (UPBEAT AND DOWNBEAT)
L’Ombre de la Liberte (1931)Paul Iribe;12 ½” x 10”;litho I of IX from Rose et Noir In 1931, the Nicolas Paris-based wine store chain, produced a deluxe lithographic project , titled, Rose et Noir. This effort was a bid to … Continue reading
PATRIZIA MOROSO—BRINGING MYSTERY INTO FURNITURE
At first glance you might find this an unremarkable glimpse of modern chairs at a design show. But look again, at the details of these two chairs. In the foreground, the chair’s coloration traces (from left to right) an ebbing … Continue reading