Vintage travel poster by Raoul Dufy 1952 - Normandie - SNCF
Original vintage travel poster realised by Raoul Dufy in 1952, Normandie - SNCF
Printed by : De Plas Paris
Type of print : Offset
Size : 39.4 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
The railway industry was the biggest commissioner of illustrated posters. They typically promoted its vast network that kept expanding over the course of the century resulting in thousands of stations, each with a destination in need of promotion. From the Puy Mary in the Mount of Cantal to the suburbs of Baghdad, dozens of railway companies were fighting to pack their carriages with keen travelers. In France the PLM (Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean), the Paris-Orléans which acquired the Midi line to become the PO-Midi, the Eastern, Western and Northern Railway Companies and the International Sleeping-Car company competed for half a century to get a share of France’s growing trainline market. The pioneering studios of François Hugo d’Alési hosted artists such as Julien Lacaze, Constant Duval, Roger Broders, Pierre Commarmond, Paul Emile Champeix, Charles Hallo (Alo) advertised the charms of the French terroir one train station at a time until almost every town had their own poster. During the 1920s, the art-deco movement was reflected in the style of many posters of this time with purple shadows, sun-kissed red, orange and tawny colours being fashionable. The Japanese influence of Henri Rivière became the signature of the Brittany school. Every train station in France was an opportunity for companies to compete through the successive spring/summer and autumn/winter campaigns. Waiting rooms, platform shelters and halls were all fitted with standardised poster billboards for which the French state collected taxes under the 1881 law that regulated the right to post and advertise. Everyone could now enjoy the pleasure of 1st, 2nd and 3rd class comfort for the price of a ticket. In the 1890s, posters sung the praise of spending winter in Nice, Biarritz or the Bay of Arcachon. Spas and mountain resorts became national landmarks in a time that encouraged hedonistic pastimes as a way of life. Brittany was now a train ride away and Brest, which was previously only accessible by stagecoach, was now connected by the western railway company. The French terroir was now for all to see and enjoy, with its charming towns, bustling cities and picturesque villages, the racing tracks of the Gulf of Morbihan or the Saint-Malo city ramparts. At the turn of the century the whole of France was seemingly invited overnight to visit the beaches of Trestrignel and Dinard. Fix Masseau and Joseph de la Nézière were illustrating an even more exotic dream, the Orient-Express that would take you to Mesopotamia and the Middle-East. Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Libya were now but a train-ride away or could be reached with a boat-and-train end-to-end ticket. The exotic East was now on Europe’s doorstep, with countries better known for their flowers and honey, archeological wonders, ancient history, sciences and mysterious tales were expertly invoked by artists such as d'Aboville, known as Dabo, the British Augustus Osborne Lamplough who painted the Nile in Aswan or the Pyramids on the Giza Plateau. Japan was also regularly portrayed with its countryside and modern railways at a time when posters were also widely used for diplomatic purposes. Propaganda was never far away.
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Original vintage travel poster realised by Raoul Dufy in 1952, Normandie - SNCF
Printed by : De Plas Paris
Type of print : Offset
Size : 39.4 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Saindré in 1952, Visitez la France - Alpes - SNCF
Printed by : Création Paul Martial
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Starr in 1952, Visitez la France - Côte d'Azur - SNCF
Printed by : Pub Yves Alexandre
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39.4 x 24.6 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Morel de Tanguy in 1920, Saint Raphael - PLM
Printed by : Lucien Serre
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39.4 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster realised by Hervé Baille in 1954, Allez sur la Côte d'Azur par le train
Printed by : Hubert Baille
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39.4 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster realised by Nathan in 1963, Visitez la Côte d'Azur
Printed by : Perceval
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39 x 24.8 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Nathan in 1957, Paris SNCF - Trains et Autocars
Printed by : Perceval
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster realised by André Strauss in 1950, Bretagne - Côte
Printed by : R.L. Dupuy Paris
Type of print : Offset
Size : 39 x 24 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Abel in 1946, Bretagne - Menhir
Printed by : R.L. Dupuy Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39 x 24 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Ceria in 1953, Bretagne - Boats
Printed by : Draeger Paris
Type of print : Offset
Size : 39 x 24 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Constant Duval in 1920, Normandie et Bretagne - Le château Gaillard
Printed by : F. Champenois Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 41.3 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Geo Dorival in 1910, Rome par la voie du Mont-Cenis
Printed by : Robaudy Cannes
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 41.3 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Julien Lacaze Circa 1920, Bains de mer de la Manche et de l'océan - Côte d'Emeraude
Printed by : Cornille & Serre
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 41.3 x 29.5 inches
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Pierre Commarmond in 1933, Cordes - Tarn
Printed by : Chaix à Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition B+
Original vintage travel poster realised by M. Romberg Circa 1920, Le Maroc par Marseille - Le Sultan se rendant à la mosquée de Fez
Printed by : Cornille & Serre
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 42.5 x 31.1 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by M. Barbey Circa 1920, Simplon Orient Express - La Corne d'Or
Printed by : Gambet & Cie, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 42.9 x 30.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Constant Duval Circa 1920, Excursions au Mont Saint Michel
Printed by : F. Champenois, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 41.3 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Constant Duval Circa 1910, Luxeuil les Bains Chemins de fer de l'Est
Printed by : Cornille et Serres, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 41.5 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Constant Duval Circa 1920, Chemin de fer d'Orléans Touraine Château d'Ussé Circuits automobiles
Printed by : F. Champenois, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 40.2 x 28.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Constant Duval in 1912, Dauphiné L'Oisans Chaîne de Belledonne PLM
Printed by : Cornille et Serres, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 41.3 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition B+ (petite déchirure dans la marge basse restaurée)
Original vintage travel poster realised by Charles-Jean Hallo in 1921, Rocamadour Chemin de fer d'Orléans
Printed by : G. De Malherbe & Cie, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 41.3 x 29.3 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Constant Duval in 1924, Château de Saumur Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans
Printed by : Imp. Champenois, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 40.9 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Marc Saint Saëns in 1952, Ile de France SNCF
Printed by : De Plas, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39 x 24 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by J. P. Junot in 1930, Chemin de fer du Nord - Train de plaisir
Printed by : L. Danel, Lille
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition B+
Original vintage travel poster realised by Camille Josso in 1929, Compagnie générale de transports de tourisme au Maroc
Printed by : Lucien Serre, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39.4 x 24.8 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Charles Jean Hallo in 1935, Chateau d'Amboise
Printed by : Chaix, Paris
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 39.4 x 24.6 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster realised by Fontanarosa in 1954, Savoie SNCF
Printed by : Draeger
Type of print : Offset
Size : 39.2 x 24.4 inches
Linen backed
Condition A-
Original vintage travel poster realised by F. Cachoud in 1906, Le Mont Blanc PLM - Chemin de fer électrique
Printed by : Imprimerie Chaix
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 42.1 x 30.9 inches
Linen backed
Condition A