Original Vintage Art Deco Poster for Air Bleu Poste Aerienne Rapide Air Mail

Original vintage aviation sport poster advertising the 6e Fete Aerienne / 6th Air Festival at Vincennes Paris on 20-21 May 1934. Great design...

Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster for Royal Mail Line featuring a great design by the British maritime artist Kenneth Denton Shoesmith (1890-1939) depicting an ocean liner ship with red funnels and different coloured lights shining from the windows sailing across the choppy blue sea at speed in front of a dynamic bold yellow sky background, two blank yellow and blue information boxes below not filled in with details of the times and destinations, decorated with the diagonal red cross and crown house flag...

'La Legere Rapide "New Home" - Standard' original vintage poster, circa 1895 Original vintage poster advertising a sewing machine, this poster has been lin...

Original Vintage boating poster for the Paris boat show dating from 1950 by Roger Chapelet. Roger Chapelet - September 25th 1931 - June 30th 1995) was a French marine painter and poster artist. Roger Chapelet’s career as a maritime painter began when he boarded the Rollon in 1927 and painted a series of paintings of different European ports: Le Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam. Later he embarked on sailboats and painted the fishing campaigns off the banks of Newfoundland and Greenland. In the 1930s, he became the poster artist for the main French maritime companies and in 1936 was appointed Peintre de la Marine (Official Painter to the Navy) and was a member of the Académie de Marine (see below). The ocean liner companies included: Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, Paquet, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, and Fraissinet. Along with Marin-Marie and Albert Brenet, Roger Chapelet is considered one of the three great French marine painters of the 20th century. An exhibition was dedicated to him at the National Maritime Museum from October 8, 1993 to December 5, 1994. Académie de Marine The title of Official Painter to the Navy (POM) is granted by the French Minister of Defense to artists who have devoted their talent to the sea, to the National Navy and to seafarers. It can be awarded not only to painters but also to photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, engravers, and sculptors. The Academy of Marine Painters exists since 1830 and it’s members can put an anchor after their signature. This poster is for the 16th International Nautical Show which was held Cours Albert 1er in between the Pont des Invalides and the Pont de l’Alma in Paris from the 30th September to 15 October 1950. Additional details: Materials and techniques: Colour lithography on paper. Printer: Commissariat général, 8, rue Jean Goujon...