Albert Brenet Wall Decorations
French, 1903-2005
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)(Biography provided by The Vintage Poster)
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Creator: Albert Brenet
Original Paquebot Poster, Paquet Cruise Line, Senegal Morocco Dakar Canary, 1955
By Albert Brenet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster of the Compagnie de Navigation Paquet created around 1955 to promote maritime tourism to Senegal.
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, Wagons lits, Cars, Train, Railways, Auto, 1963
By Albert Brenet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, Transatlantique, Boats Ships, Navigation, 1950
By Albert Brenet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This poster by Brenet created circa 1950 was produced to promote tourism by boat via the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, French Railway, Train Travel Transportation 1958
By Albert Brenet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This poster from the French Railways was produced in 1958 by Albert Brenet to promote rail tourism in France.
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Brenet, Original Boat Poster, Paris Cafe Paix Opera Garnier, Chargeur Reuni 1950
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Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This poster of the Compagnie maritime des Chargeurs reunions was produced around 1950 by Albert Brenet to promote tourism in France.
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, France Paris Eiffel Tower Navigation, Boat, 1950
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Brenet, Original Vintage Poster, CGT, Antilles, Jamaica Venezuela Colombia 1955
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Brenet, Original Vintage Poster, CGT, Ocean Tunis Liner, Henna, Spindle, 1955
By Albert Brenet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This poster was produced to promote tourism in the Maghreb, particularly in Tunisia via cruises by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
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Original Vintage Travel Poster Aeromaritime West Coast Africa Albert Brenet
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Original Vintage Travel Poster Transatlantique French Line Le Havre Southampton
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Original vintage cruise travel poster - Cie Gle Transatlantique French Line Le Havre Southampton New York - featuring artwork by the French artist Albert Brenet (1903-2005) depicting an ocean liner sailing at sea with the stylised title text above and against the choppy white waves below. Founded in 1861 (having been established in 1855 by the brothers Emile and Issac Pereire), the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique CGT was a French shipping company known as French Line and Transat; it merged with Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes...
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Original Vintage Travel Poster, La Marseillaise Saigon, Albert Brenet, cca 1950
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Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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Titre : La Marseillaise in the SAIGON river - Indochina and Far East by the Messageries Maritimes
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Original Vintage Poster Lambretta Scooter Factory Workshop Advertising Art
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