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GENTLEMAN’S ATTIRE, IN VINTAGE POSTER ART

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/pochoir-la-caline-1922-gbt.html An obvious reality, of the field we so happily handle, is that the vast majority of the imagery pertains to women. As such (finally) it dawned on us that we’ve neglected a world of distinction along lines of men,and … Continue reading →

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ANIMATING THE SILENCE OF NATURE IN VINTAGE POSTERS and GRAPHIC ART

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-womans-home-companion-february-1932.html We tend to regard the presence of nature being largely passive, a stage upon which humankind acts and exploits. However, there is another way to see this matter, and our vintage poster and graphic blog today wants to suggest … Continue reading →

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WHITE AS SNOW, WARM AS FIRE: THE FACTOR OF WHITE IN VINTAGE POCHOIR GRAPHICS

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/pochoir-la-derniere-lettre-persane-1920-gbt.html In Paris (and elsewhere in France), you’ll notice how many of the structures have chosen variants of white for their surfaces. From distant centuries, they tell us their subtleties and their heart. Not surprisingly, then, the reservoir of French … Continue reading →

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 THE ALLURE OF SPEED, AS CAPTURED BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART AND POSTERS 

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/circus-african-riders.html We’re bombarded by the exigency to move vigorously. Shine in motion, or stay in your room. The fascination of sports largely calls upon feats of sizzling motion. Look closely of a big city’s denizens coming to or going from … Continue reading →

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THE ROLE OF LANDSCAPE IN POCHOIR VINTAGE GRAPHICS  

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/pochoir-manteau-de-fourrure-1924-gbt.html Although we have been closely attending to pochoir art deco fashion plates for decades, it only occurred to us recently that a large percentage of those gems activate fascinating interplays between the very well-dressed figures and the equally very-notable landscape. … Continue reading →

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CATS AND DOGS (ON A PROMOTIONAL TEAR) IN VINTAGE GRAPHICS AND POSTERS 

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Jim Clark

First of all, the fact that cats and dogs carry a mystique that never ends translates into getting on the good side of prospective customers in the area of graphic art. Their grace and verve install them as powerful sights … Continue reading →

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FRIENDLY  SKIES WITH A DIFFERENCE IN VINTAGE POCHOIR ART

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/pochoir-un-peu-d-air-1921-gbt.html One of the most striking confirmations of the wide-spread spirit of radical innovation in early-twentieth-century Europe is an endeavor seldom, if ever, noticed. While the Communist Manifesto cascaded from strengths to strength in those days, a far more trenchant … 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 VISUAL ESSENTIALS OF MUSIC

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-mostly-mozart-festival-1974.html We all know that music can make large and important inroads into middling experience. The impact of music in movies, for instance, can leave us enchanted with the action. There are fascinating vintage posters and other graphics which try … Continue reading →

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THE TEENS (1910-1920), CAPTURED IN GRAPHIC ART

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Jim Clark

The period of time stretching from 1910 to 1920 is remarkable for its enduring a devastation, or at least a huge arrest, of the excitements of omnipresent change. Most of the major departures from conventional rational life–in scientific and philosophical … Continue reading →

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