Vintage tourism posters of France

Original vintage posters of France - Travels and French terroir

A large selection of original posters from France and its many regions including Normandy, the Paris area, the North of France, Alsace, the Basque region, the Côte d’Azur and different mountain resorts…All posters in the Elbé catalogue are dated originals, fully restored and mounted on canvas.
These original posters all represent areas located in mainland France. They depict the first holiday destinations on the Côte d’Azur, in Brittany, the Basque Area, the Bay of Arcachon, the Atlantic Islands, the beaches of Normandy and the North of France. The selection includes France’s regions and scenic or historic terroir from the 1860s to the 1960s as well as many tourist destinations most commonly around Paris seen from a tourist’s perspective. The posters are part of promotional campaigns commissioned predominantly by the railway industry, tourism bureaus and ministries to promote travel and French culture.
Original posters of the early summer destinations feature areas such as the Bay of Arcachon, Biarritz, La Baule, Dinard, Le Touquet Paris-Beach, Cabourg, Deauville and Trouville, as well as Nice, Villefranche, La Turbie, Le Cap Ferrat, Antibes, Toulon further south. The Elbé catalogue also includes health resorts and spas such as Vichy, Allevard, Brides, Aix, Luchon and Superbagnères. All posters capture the magic of the first ski and winter sport resorts in places like Chamonix, the Vosges and Jura regions, Combloux, Saint-Gervais and Megève, Morzine and the Pyrenees. These original posters promote the many regions of France and such scenic sites as the Puy Mary in the Mount of Cantal, the Dordogne, the Rhône valley, the Berry region, Alsace and the Pyrenees.
The main illustrators of the time were Constant Duval, Julien Lacaze, Pierre Commarmond, Hugo d’Alesi, Paul E. Champseix, Roger Broders, Charles Hallo, David Dellepiane, Léo Lellée, Geo Dorival, Léandre.

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Vintage travel poster - Excursions en Normandie - La mare de Criqueboeuf - Geo Dorival - 1913 - 41.3 by 29.7 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Geo Dorival 1913 - Excursions in Normandy...

Original vintage travel poster created by Geo Dorival in 1913, Excursions in Normandy - The mare of Criqueboeuf - State Railways - Excursions in Normandy - Seaside Resorts of the English Channel

Printed by: Cornille & Serre - IMP, Paris

Printing type: Lithography

Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.7 inches

Linen backed

Condition A+

Price €1,500.00
Vintage travel poster - Circuit du Vercors - Pont-en-Royans - Charles-Jean Hallo  - 1923 - 41.7 by 30.3 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Charles-Jean Hallo 1923 - Circuit du...

Original vintage travel poster created by Charles-Jean Hallo in 1923, Circuit du Vercors - Pont-en-Royans - PLM - Paris Lyon Méditerranée - Automobile excursion services around Grenoble

Printed by: Cornille & Serre - IMP, Paris

Print type: Lithograph

Dimensions: 41.7 x 30.3 inches

Linen backed

Condition A+

Price €1,800.00
Vintage travel poster - Dijon - Capitale de la Bourgogne - Roger Soubie - 1922 - 41.7 by 30.3 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Roger Soubie 1922 - Dijon - Capital of...

Original vintage travel poster created by Roger Soubie in 1922, Dijon - Capital of Burgundy - Paris Lyon Mediterranée - PLM

Printed by: Cornille & Serre - IMP, Paris

Printing type: Lithograph

Dimensions: 41.7 x 30.3 inches

Linen backed

Condition A

Price €1,800.00
Vintage travel poster - Les Aiguilles d'Arves - La Maurienne - PLM - Roger Soubie - 1920 - 42.7 by 31.1 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Roger Soubie 1920 - Les Aiguilles d'Arves...

Original vintage travel poster created by Roger Soubie in 1920, Les Aiguilles d'Arves - La Maurienne - PLM - Paris Lyon Méditerranée - Automobile service Grenoble - Saint Jean de Maurienne

Printed by: Cornille & Serre, Paris

Printing type: Lithograph

Dimensions: 42.7 x 31.1 inches

Linen backed

Condition A+

Price €2,750.00
Vintage travel poster - Beynac sur la Dordogne - Constant Duval - 1923 - 41.1 by 29.5 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Constant Duval 1923 - Beynac sur la Dordogne

Original vintage travel poster by Constant Duval from 1923, The castle and village of Beynac - On the Dordogne - Automobile circuits - Orléans Railway

Printed by: IMP Champenois, Paris

Type of print: Lithography

Dimensions: 41.1 x 29.5 inches

Linen backed

Condition A

Price €2,000.00
Vintage travel poster - Cancale - Environ de Saint Malo et du Mont Saint Michel - Henry de Remaucourt - 1927 - 40.9 by 29.5 inch
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Vintage travel poster by Henry de Remaucourt 1927 - Cancale -...

Original vintage travel poster realised by Henry de Remaucourt in 1927, Cancale - Environ de Saint Malo et du Mont Saint Michel

Printed by : Imp Gaillac - Monrocq

Type of print : Lithograph

Size : 40.9 x 29.5 inches

Linen backed

Condition A+

Price €2,800.00
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