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An Epochal Transformation within the Covers of a Vintage Magazine

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Jim Clark

16 ” x 12″ The long-standing deluxe French magazine, L’Illustration, was wont to pull out the stops in gifting its readers in the Christmas edition a feast for the mind and eyes. The edition of 1923 (consisting of 250 pages) went even … Continue reading →

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PIERRE BONNARD’S GUIDE TO THE BELLE EPOQUE STREETS OF PARIS

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Jim Clark

La Petite Blanchiseusse       Plate 42 Paris, an amazing repository of the height of sensuous excellence, tends thereby to send us to the firmament. But artist/graphic designer, Pierre Bonnard, in the portfolio titled, Bonnard Lithographe, prefers the streets … Continue reading →

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THE ABSORBING CITY LIFE OF PIERRE BONNARD

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Jim Clark

plate #3 The subtitle, shown on this book cover (by Pierre Bonnard [1867-1947]) which graduated to fine-art lithograph, in 1892, runs “Ways of Decadence” [the Demi-Monde]. Though the smashing portfolio of Bonnard’s studies of Paris life covers much more than … Continue reading →

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PARIS, THAT GOLDMINE OF GRAPHIC ART!

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Jim Clark

Pacha Noir 1890s;Jules-Alexandre Grun; 48″ X 34″; B+, L About 1890, Parisian artist, Jules Cheret, discovered an efficient and low-cost technique for the production of lithographs, leading to a torrent of advertising graphics adding even more brilliance, delight and mystery to the … Continue reading →

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VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART AND GREAT EXPOS–MAKING SOMETHING BIG EVEN BIGGER

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Jim Clark

Atherton; 30″ x 20″ Modern technology has enabled a proliferation of international events focussing upon excellence and the changes going on in current history. This poster graphic from one of the most memorably iconic attention getters deftly thrills to a … Continue reading →

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ROSE ET NOIR (UPBEAT AND DOWNBEAT)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Jim Clark

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 →

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PIERRE BONNARD—A COLORIST THRILLED BY WORLDS LACKING COLOR

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Jim Clark

A plaza at sunset, and the starlings fill the skies with their inventive motions. The populace discovers a Paris few of us know. Bonnard’s subdued lithograph intends to be savored for a long time. Don’t rush away, or you’ll miss … Continue reading →

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GEORGE BARBIER–SPIRITING TRACES OF THE MODERN WORLD INTO OLD FRANCE

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Jim Clark

The deluxe cruise ship of a magazine that was L’Illustration, 80 or so years ago, was not simply a tireless and generous repository of visual arts and belles-lettres, but it was also a testing ground for modernists—especially graphic designers— looking … Continue reading →

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THE BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARES OF LEOS CARAX

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Jim Clark

The past few days we’ve been at TIFF many times to see the full output of a largely unappreciated film master, Leos Carax (b. 1960). Here we shall only try to briefly get to the nub of this complex, incisive … Continue reading →

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MODERN LIFE, ACCORDING TO VINTAGE GRAPHICS

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Jim Clark

We’re arrested, in strangely stimulating ways, by graphic productions thrilled to be advanced while now appearing quaint. Our 1939 depiction of a propeller-driven giant over Machine-Age New York may be now long-surpassed in its hardware; but let’s see if its … Continue reading →

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