Lucien Boucher Prints
French, 1889-1971
1889 - 1971 Known by Air France as Mr. Planosphere, he created these designs between 1934 - 1962.
Beginning around 1935, Lucien Boucher designed an impressive stream of posters for Air France that continued until he was well into his seventies. [PAI-XXII, 220]
This artist is known mainly for a series of absorbing Air France world map posters that signal a global theatre. Lucien Boucher launched his design career tuned to the commercial promise of Surrealism.
Born in Chartre, he studied at the École de Céramique de Sèvres. He debuted at the Salon d'Automne in 1921, becoming a member in 1923; he also exhibited at the Salon de l'Araignée from 1924-1930. Boucher also made wood engravings, drawings in watercolor and gouache, and lithographs. Lucien Boucher's witty and charming color lithographs
Lucien Boucher launched his design career at the Ceramique de Sevres and made his debut at the Salon d'Automne in 1921, becoming a member in 1923: he also exhibited at the Salon de L'Araignée from 1924-1930. Besides lithographs, Boucher also created wood engravings and drawings in watercolor. Beginning around 1935, Boucher designed an impressive series of posters for Air France that he continued producing until he was well into his seventies. Boucher is known mainly for his absorbing Air France poster designs, known as "Monsieur Planisphere" (planispheres are flattened representations of planet Earth). He created a variety of illustrated World Maps that depicted the global flight routes serviced by the airline.to
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Creator: Lucien Boucher
Lucien Boucher, Air France 'Nova et Vetera' Poster Map, Paris France, 1939
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Air France 'Nova et Vetera' poster map designed by Lucien Boucher
Paris France 1939
Advertising poster designed by Lucien Boucher for the Air France company and published in Paris by Perceval in 1939 at the dawn of World War II. It is one of the very first maps in the world of the French airline, founded in October 1933, to show its air routes from its Paris hub to major locations around the world. The Paris-New York route, still under study in 1939 (it would open in 1946), is shown here with a dotted line...
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