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Tag Archives: Vintage L’Illustration magazine
TIGHT SPOTS—AS SEEN BY VINTAGE GRAPHICS
We’ve had a (3-point) shot of excitement and dashed hopes these days, courtesy of the basketball Raptors of Toronto (“WE THE NORTH”). Playoff fever is a phenomenon worth thinking about, at an historical juncture where professional team sports have, to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged A.M. Cassandre, contemporary issues, Illustrated vintage magazines, professional sports, Toronto Raptors, urbanity, vintage artistic magazine, Vintage Harpers Bazaar, Vintage L'Illustration magazine, vintage movie posters, vintage posters
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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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GEORGE BARBIER–SPIRITING TRACES OF THE MODERN WORLD INTO OLD FRANCE
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
A BUTTERFLY STORY!
We found, in a Noel 1933 issue of L’Illustration, a lithographically illustrated article concerning a fabulous German collection of butterflies from around the world. The writer was an expert at Paris’ Museum of Natural History, ensconced in the unforgettable Jardin … Continue reading
THE INIMITABLE L’ILLUSTRATION!
Whereas now we have the internet to put us into a state of dazzlement about the creative energies of the whole wide world, 75 years ago there was L’Illustration, the flagship of the French fleet of vehicles of visual impact.