By Paul Kelsch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dauphine" is an offset lithograph of a pastoral landscape created by Paul Kelsch for the Societe Nationale des Chemis de fer Francais, the French National Railways.
24" x 39" paper
30 1/2" x 21 1/8" image
48" x 33" frame
Small hole in each corner, crease in paper and image upper left, small holes lower left.
The SNCF, the French National Rail system, commissioned multiple posters to advertise and celebrate the connected locations on their routes after the Second World War. "Dauphine", created by Paul Kelsch, showcases a small village at the foot of a mountain bathed in the light of a sunset. Kelsch's technique employed impasto brush strokes and bright colors to capture the beauty of the landscape. This scene is in stark contrast to the destruction that the war had wrought in this area during the 1944 invasion. Because of this, the set of posters...
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1940s Other Art Style Landscape Prints