Original Vintage Travel Poster Sicilia Sicily Sun Earth Light Sky Fishing Boats

Original vintage railway travel poster for France Brittany issued by the state owned French national railways (SNCF Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais; founded 1938) featu...

Original vintage travel poster - Antigua Sunjet your way on ... BWIA - featuring a fishing design depicting a smiling man wearing floral patterned swimming trunks and a mask on his head, holding a spear with a fish on it in front of a palm tree on an island in the background, the bold white lettering with an illustration of a BWIA plane on a dark blue background above and below the image. Located in the Caribbean Antiqua (Waladli or Wadadli) is one of the islands of the Lesser Antilles...

Original vintage travel poster for Slovenia Yugoslavia / Slovenija Jugoslavia featuring a colourful illustration of a lady in a bikini on a wooden sailing boat, holding onto the rope...

Original vintage travel poster promoting Fishing in Argentina issued by the Direccion Nacional de Turismo / National Directorate of Tourism featuring dynamic artwork depicting a trou...

Original vintage travel poster issued by Air-India International for Australia featuring stunning colourful illustrations of a plane flying over people working in a coal mine with a coal train loaded on a railway track above the bold title Australia on a yellow background, a kookaburra bird and historical and tribal artefacts, a kangaroo and a swordfish, grapes hanging over a glass of red wine, sheep, bull, cocoa pods on a tree and a cricket match with a kangaroo and an emu at the sides of the Australian coat of...

Original vintage travel poster Taormina Italia featuring stunning artwork of the hilltop town in Sicily with a view over the ancient ruins and sailing boats on the calm blue sea lead...

Poster for the Chemins de Fer du Nord produced by Louis Tauzin in 1905 to promote tourism to Berck Plage (Pas-de-Calais) 3 hours from Paris. Artist: Louis Tauzin (1842-1915) Title: ...

This poster by Brenet created circa 1950 was produced to promote tourism by boat via the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. Artist : Albert Brenet (1903 - 2005) Title : Compagnie ...

This poster of the Compagnie maritime des Chargeurs reunions was produced around 1950 by Albert Brenet to promote tourism in France. Artist : Albert Brenet (1903 - 2005) Title : La ...

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...

Coach firms had a captive market before the advent of mass car ownership and these charming panel posters were an attractive advertising tool. This 1960's poster is by Edward Clarke...

Original English 1960's coach panel poster promoting holidays to Paris, Brittany, Belgium and Holland in continental Europe. This rare poster would ...