Category Archives: Poster&Graphic Artists

VINTAGE POSTER ART PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF BEACHES

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jim Clark

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 →

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RURAL RETURNS AS FIELDED BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC DESIGN

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Jim Clark

Some time ago we visited friends who have a working farm near Roblin, Manitoba. Their life is very different from ours, but through the years we’ve all happily shared (largely by mail from the Post Office) the best of what … Continue reading →

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DOMINANT COLOR IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-blue-velvet-1986.html Vintage graphic designers could ramp up, by way of the factor of color, the attraction of a presentation to be sold. Moreover, they could and did confine the color palette to one dominant hue, to introduce special effects. Film … Continue reading →

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PASSIONATE VINTAGE SPORTS POSTERS AND GRAPHICS

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Jim Clark

  http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/sports-cycles-france-1920s.html Toronto Raptors’ shooting guard, Demar DeRozan, is a lyrically skilled athlete who, many times this year, carried the team to victory with remarkable ball control and shooting accuracy from all angles. But, over the past 3 years now, … Continue reading →

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THE FABULOUSNESS OF THE VINTAGE GRAPHICS OF LEONETTO CAPPIELLO

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/cappiello-cognac-monnet-1927.html Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), an Italian artist who came into his own as a harbinger of the joys of French industrial products, brought into his adoptive homeland a range of figuration and color display which bridged the gap between revolutionary … Continue reading →

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NO WONDER THEY’RE EVERYWHERE! VINTAGE GRAPHICS EMBRACING BIRDS

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/transportation-canadian-pacific-cruise-across-the-great-lakes-1936.html Sometimes I feel that, despite birds’ being a common fixture of our world, we’re only beginning to get into a disposition to really appreciate them. It’s true that birdwatchers and the like have been very fond of these creatures … Continue reading →

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THE NORMANDIE: A PARAGON OF ART DECO DESIGN

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Jim Clark

Normandie Cover 1935;Paul Iribe;12″x 9 1/2″;Booklet ; 26pp The architecture of cruise ships comes in many sizes, styles and levels of competence and inspiration. Graphic design master, Paul Iribe (1883-1935), way back in 1934, became so galvanized, despite being close … Continue reading →

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PERFECT POISE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/graphic-design-la-femme-aux-paons-1897.html There are graphic designs the touch of which is well worth considering in detail. Whereas many artists have developed lithographic nuancing in the form of chromatic gradations and air brushing to create resonant, even mysterious, atmospheres, a few others … Continue reading →

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MACHINE AGE POSTER “DINOSAURS” SHOWING LOTS OF LIFE

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/graphic-design-hermes-c.1950.html One of the perks included in working with “obsolete” imagery is the bonus of realizing and exploring how its many strengths offer initiatives in our century. Configurations long gone leave a residue we turn away from at our peril, … Continue reading →

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OBSCURE BUT NOT IRRELEVANT OFFERINGS BY BIG NAMES IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Jim Clark

  http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/graphic-design-dole-pineapple-1938.html Sometimes a graphic artist has a creative reason (perhaps more than one) to stay small. There may be a clutch of motives for putting tableau-scale poster work aside; and in this report I’d like to put them in … Continue reading →

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