Art Deco Posters - A Few More Important Artists
His subject matter may not be as glamourous as the other two C's Shipping or Jazz inspired works, but his advertisements for soap (Mon Savon) and toothpaste demonstrate an equally formidable talent for Art Deco Posters.
Another great poster designer was known only as Orsi. He designed over 1000 posters including a stunning image for Josephine Baker at Theatre de L'Etoile, but the identity of this artist has remained a mystery! The painter Jean Dupas, known mainly for his large scale murals, produced a lovely series of posters for Saks Fifth Avenue. His monumental image for the promotion of Bordeaux, his birthplace, is one of the most reproduced Art Deco images , with a large nude surrounded by stylished architectural columns, topped by a modern ocean liner, as well as a traditional sailing ship. Jean Chassaing studied with the great poster designers Cassandre and Paul Colin and was heavily influenced by them. He was widely known as a collector of Art Deco posters, and it was only 65 years after his death that many of his own works were discovered, on the sale of his collection. His most striking poster was one of Josephine Baker in 1930. Charles Loupot's most well known poster was for the 1925 Paris Expo, which influenced many later designers of Exposition posters.
Much of the rest of his output was based on fairly mundane products such as alcohol, cigarettes, sun oil and hair products, but what heights of design and style he brought to these everyday items. The chic and stylish tourism posters that Roger Broders produced for the French railway company PLM, are amongst the most popular Art Deco posters today. Robert Bonfils' poster for the 1925 Expo uses images that have become typical Art Deco motifs, the Greek Maiden, and a leaping deer.
Outside Paris Many European poster artists were inspired by the French graphic designers, particularly Cassandre, whose influence can been seen in the work of many poster designers throughout Europe and also Japan and America. The Dutch artist Willem Ten Broek produced some fantastic shipping posters, as did the Belgian Leo Marfurt.
Ludwig Hohlwein was a proflific German artist producing posters for a wide range of subjects, including horse racing and polo, golf, railways, and beer. Like Germany, Italy also had many excellent poster artists, until poster art was taken over by the Fascist propaganda machines in these two countries. Italian poster designers include Marcello Nizzoli,and Severo Pozzzati, although the latter worked in France under the name of Sepo. Posters for Olivetti and Fiat from Italy are becoming very collectable these days.
The most well-known of the artists working in Great Britain was Edward McKnight Kauffer. Actually he was an American, who lived in England for many years and produced a large body of work for many companies, notably Shell Oil and London Transport. Other British poster artists include Austin Cooper. Popular subjects include the London Underground, day trips to the country, sports including Wimbledon posters from the period which are now highly sought after, and Shell. Check out my selection from some of these great Art Deco Posters, or use the search box to find your favourites. Most of their posters are available in different qualities, sizes and prices, so do a search for the title and see what versions are available of a particular image. Click on their product information page for all the details. Plus check out my Safe Buying Online Tips.
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