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Tag Archives: Leonetto Cappiello
OBSCURE BUT NOT IRRELEVANT OFFERINGS BY BIG NAMES IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
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
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged A.M. Cassandre, Charles Pears, Eugene Grasset, Gino Boccasile, Jean A. Mercier, Jean Dupas, Leonetto Cappiello, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Vintage British graphics, vintage French graphics, Vintage German graphics, Vintage Italian graphics, Walter Schnackenberg
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CROWD SCENES IN LITHOGRAPHIC DESIGNS—HOW DO THEY MANAGE?
A number of human figures in a design can accomplish wonders of dynamic intensity and incremental nuance. Whereas most vintage posters and illustrations depend heavily upon an arresting central feature (more often than not an attractive woman), the arrangements we … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged French vintage pochoir, French vintage posters, Geo Ham, Illustrated vintage magazines, Leonetto Cappiello, Vintage Fortune Magazine, vintage war posters
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VINTAGE BEVERAGE GRAPHICS (PART ONE)–DELIGHTING IN FRENCH CHAMPAGNE AND COGNAC
Cognac Monnet 1927;Leonetto Cappiello;78 1/8″ X 50 1/4″;A-, L The subject of lithographs alerting us to beverages brings to the fore two richly sensuous crafts. An alert graphic designer would have in mind affinities between his own field’s capacity to … Continue reading
A GRAND TOUR OF GRAPHIC GOLDMINES!
Buvez du Vin 1933; Leonetto Cappiello; 63″ x 47″; A-,L These days, we seldom travel to acquire our inventory of vintage posters and smaller-scale graphics. Instead, we have energetic and trustworthy diggers of items, sending photos of what we might want. Today we … Continue reading
FABULOUS LADIES’ PARTY WEAR—LISTENING TO THE BEAT OF NECESSARY LUXURY IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
Fourrures Max, Leroy and Schmid 1912;Charles Martin;11″ X 7 5/8″;A, P When frigid New Year’s Eve seems to check mate one’s hopes for fanning the flames, there is always an answer in the form of furs comprising a cozy house … 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 Andre Marty, Charles Loupot, Charles Martin, Eduardo Benito, French vintage pochoir, French vintage posters, Geo Ham, Georges Lepape, Irene Patten, L. Dola, Leonetto Cappiello, Pierre Mourgue, Umberto Brunelleschi, vintage fashion 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
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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BIG AND BOLD: LARGE FORMAT CLASSIC POSTER ART
Deauville 1920s Jean-Gabriel Domergue;47 3/4″ x 64 3/4″;A, LOur commitment to small-format graphic design brilliance is unwavering; but we also know that voluminous graphic presence facilitates rewards unattainable by modest scale. Need a jump-start after a tangled day? How … Continue reading
Belle Epoque and Art Deco and Something Else
Two magnificent posters are in view today (over and above the two great works above, introducing the stars of the day), each celebrating the good life in vastly differing ways. We could leave the pairing as merely consisting of Belle … Continue reading