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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, French Railway, Train Travel Transportation 1958
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This poster from the French Railways was produced in 1958 by Albert Brenet to promote rail tourism in France.
Artist : Albert Brenet (1903 - 2005)
Title : Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français – Vitesse – Exactitude - Confort
Date : 1958
Size: 24.6 x 39.4 in / 62.5 x 100 cm
Printer : Sapho – Paris
Editor : SCNF
Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper
Linen backing: Yes
Condition: A (Normally designates a poster in very good condition. Colours are fresh and there is very little or no paper loss. Any imperfections are marginal and unnoticeable).
Additional Details:
This poster of the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) was produced in 1958 by Albert Brenet to promote rail tourism in France.
The poster highlights the speed, accuracy and comfort of the railway company.
Albert Brenet is a French painter, poster designer and illustrator. In 1936, he was appointed painter of the Navy and painter of the Air, then painter of the Armies in 1959. He traveled the seas of the world on different ships making sketches, oil paintings, gouaches, ships, ports but also scenes from the life of the crews.
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- Creator:Albert Brenet (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 39.38 in (100 cm)Width: 24.61 in (62.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1958
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
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Albert Brenet
Albert Brenet, who recently celebrated his hundredth birthday, is surely the last of the true adventurers, having spent his life sailing the oceans of the world as the French Navy's official artist. He was born in Harfleur, near Le Havre, in 1903, and 'at home, the talk was always about the wind, the sea, and the ships'. Then there were the three-masters with their exotically perfumed cargoes of spices and coffee. The turning point in his life came when he first caught sight of the Bonchamp, one of the last three-masters to ply the seas, built at the turn of the century. As the crew was two men short, Albert gained a place on board and spent the next seven months sailing 'as they did in Colbert's day' - no electricity and just two buckets of freshwater per man per week. In between manning the rigging, he captured every instant of life on board, even in the roughest of seas. From that moment on, Albert painted and drew everything that moved, from the firemen of Los Angeles to the feria in Seville, and, of course, a whole armada of ships. He became one of the Navy's official painters in 1936. Albert thrilled to the sights of the Orient - the mosques of Iran, the souks of Tunisia - and was endlessly fascinated by the quality and continuity of Japanese civilization. Now enjoying a peaceful and well-deserved retirement south of Paris, Albert is the only artist ever to have been granted specialties in all three services - Army, Navy, and Air Force. Three exhibitions are being staged to mark Albert Brenet's hundredth birthday - in Perros-Guirec (Côtes-d'Armor), Le Havre, and Paris, at the Musée de la Marine. Taken from Normandie Magazine Summer 2003)
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