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Brenet, Original Vintage Poster, CGT, Ocean Tunis Liner, Henna, Spindle, 1955
About the Item
This poster was produced to promote tourism in the Maghreb, particularly in Tunisia via cruises by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
Artist : Albert Brenet (1903 - 2005)
Title : Compagnie Générale Transatlantique – Lignes de la Méditerranée – Paquebot « Ville de Tunis »
Date : vers 1955
Size: 15.7 x 23 in / 39.8 cm x 58.3 cm
Printer : « La Photolith », Paris
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:
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) is a French shipping company. Founded in 1855 by the Péreire brothers under the name of Compagnie Générale Maritime, it was responsible for transporting mail to North America and takes its final name in 1861. In 1883, four large cruise ships were put into service.
This poster was produced to promote tourism in the Maghreb, particularly in Tunisia via cruises by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. The liner “Ville de Tunis” sails in the background, while in the foreground a woman in traditional clothing sits. She has henna on her hands, arms, face, and is spinning wool using a spindle.
The Ville de Tunis is a mixed refrigerated liner built in 1948-1949 by the Lorient arsenal. Launched in September 1949 and commissioned in March 1952, she was lost in 1980 by sea fortune while heading for demolition. After difficult tests, the ship inaugurated the Marseille—Tunis line in March 1953 until 1967.
Albert Brenet is a French painter, poster artist and illustrator. In 1936, he was appointed painter of the Navy and air painter, then painter of the Armies in 1959. He sailed the seas of the world on various ships making sketches, oil paintings, gouaches, ships, ports but also scenes of crew life.
We have been dealing in art, antiques and vintage posters for more than 50 years and, upon request, we are very happy to provide you with Certificate of Authenticity.
- Creator:Albert Brenet (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 22.96 in (58.3 cm)Width: 15.67 in (39.8 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1955
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. This poster is linen backed and mounted on acid free paper.
- 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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