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Tag Archives: Donald Brun
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AND THE OCEAN OF INVENTION
Sometimes vacation travel carries us farther than we expect. Our visit to Cape Breton began with the village of Baddeck which overlooks the estate of Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) and counts among its many folksy attractions the in fact remarkably non-folksy museum … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustrators, Industrial Design, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Alexander Graham Bell Museum, Donald Brun, Kazumasa Nagai, tetrahedron, vintage aviation posters, vintage hydrofoil posters, vintage telephone posters
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NO WONDER THEY’RE EVERYWHERE! VINTAGE GRAPHICS EMBRACING BIRDS
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
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Andre Marty, Canadian Pacific Railway, Donald Brun, French vintage pochoir, London Underground Vintage Posters, Peter Ewart, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, vintage bird posters, vintage French posters, vintage Swiss posters
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MACHINE AGE POSTER “DINOSAURS” SHOWING LOTS OF LIFE
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
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Industrial Design, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged 1940s vintage Swiss poster, Charles Relyea, Donald Brun, French vintage posters, Herbert Leupin, Lucien Boucher, machine age posters, Reynaldo Luza, vintage American posters
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THAT 1940s LOOK AND HEART!
The 1940s brought to light, as with earlier decades and epochs, wonders of invention and tantalizing glimpses of sensibility teetering upon really breaking loose. Perhaps because that moment of the forties came to be pummelled by war of unprecedented ferocity … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Carl Ericson, Donald Brun, Filippo Romoli, Gino Boccasile, Marcel Vertes, Norman Rockwell, rolf armstrong, vintage 1940s posters, Vintage Vogue magazines, vintage war posters
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LUCKY PUPPIES: MAN’S GREATEST FRIEND AS SEEN BY VINTAGE GRAPHICS
Ambition Realized 1940s;Eugene Iverd;11 ½” x 8 ½”;A, P Dogs come to us in graphic art along two major runways. The first emphasizes their sweet hearts and what that means to their owners. That alone detonates many catchy moments by … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Andre Marty, Donald Brun, Eduardo Benito, French vintage pochoir, Gil Elvgren, orinignal vintage animal posters, Pierre Brissaud, rolf armstrong, William P. Welsh
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MAKING A PERFECT POSTER TRIO
Two posters in a bedroom looking for a companion–other than the resident Kitty! A loyal and charming client has asked us to help her find the final graphic component of a bedroom wall in her New York City apartment. As you … Continue reading
Posted in Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Curt Blixt, David Klein, Donald Brun, Filippo Romoli, Frank McNamara, Interior Design, mario puppo, original vintage travel posters, Rod Ruth, vintage American posters, Vintage Australia posters, vintage European posters
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SIGNS OF SPRING, SITTING PRETTY IN OUR COLLECTION
Maudit Vent GBT 1914;Pierre Brissaud;9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″;A,P The spring season means various things to many people. My most vivid childhood memory of spring in Arctic Winnipeg was racing wooden matches along the still-frozen gutters awash with mountains of … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged A.M. Hopfmuller, Donald Brun, French vintage pochoir, Giorgio Armani, Lucien Boucher, original vintage travel posters, Pierre Brissaud, Shadowland, Spring season graphics, vintage fashion graphics
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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
THEY MAKE YOU LOOK!
The other day, while on a bike ride to the outer limits of Toronto’s East, we saw a family of wild turkeys in a wildlife preserve. Immediately our attention was absorbed by that delicate and resilient energy. Such magnetism finds … Continue reading
ENCHANTED FORESTS IN VINTAGE POSTERS
A visit, last weekend, to one of the many forested areas not far from Toronto, has directed our attention to the unique qualities of vintage graphic art taking its bearings from the sensuous magic of such subtly robust places.
Posted in Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Donald Brun, Harold Hussey, Heinrich Steiner, Jupp Wiertz, Lucien Metivet, original vintage transportation posters, original vintage travel posters, orinignal vintage animal posters, Stanley Galli
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