1930s Posters

This is an extraordinary rare Walt Disney Studios, 1937 original water colour concept painting of Snow White and all seven dwarfs showing Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy,...

Art Deco advertising poster for the Dubonnet liqueur brand created in 1932 by Cassandre. Artist: Adolphe Mouron - Cassandre (1901-1968) Title: Dubo – Dubon - Dubonnet Date: 1932 Size: 17.7 x 45.7 in. / 45 x 116 cm. Printer: Alliance Graphique, 54 rue Marc Seguin...

Original vintage poster for the 1935 Monaco Grand Prix car race held on 22 April featuring a striking Art Deco design by Geo Ham (Georges Hamel; 1900-1972) featuring a Mercedes W25, ...

Original vintage alcohol drink advertising poster for the fortified wine based aperitif Dubonnet (since 1846) featuring an iconic illustration by the notable poster artist d'apres A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Mouron Cassandre; 1901-1968) depicting a stylised design as three images of a man wearing a bowler hat and suit sitting at a small table and pouring himself a drink from a Dubonnet bottle into a full glass of wine with his other arm over the back of the chair, the text below the images running diagonally as the colour forms over the man in white and black against a pink, blue and yellow shaded background - Dubo Dubon Dubonnet vin tonique au quinquina - the text repeated in black and white on the sides and rest of the text divided by the logo below - Grande Chartreuse liqueur...

A dramatic Italian poster by the well-known Italian graphic artist Leonetto Cappello for Cognac Pellisson. The delightful image depicts a small figure moving an enormous barrell of c...

Original vintage advertising poster for Peugeot bicycles featuring a countryside scene depicting a young boy showing off his shiny new Peugeot bike wi...

Original vintage Guinness advertising poster - Opening time is Guinness Time - featuring an iconic design depicting the trademark smiling ...

Original vintage Great Western Railway travel poster - Easter Holiday Tickets By Any Train GWR - featuring a great design depicting a stylised illustration of a swallow in flight aga...

Original vintage travel advertising poster - You take the highroad I'll take the railroad! 2c a mile air conditioned trains Southern Pacific - featuring a fun and colourful illustrat...

Original vintage Art Deco travel poster issued by the PLM Paris Lyon Mediterranee railway for Nice featuring stunning artwork depicting an elegant lady relaxing on a balcony with a v...

Original French film poster for Mickey Mouse - Silly Symphony 1938. To-date this is believed to be the only known surviving example. The Silly Sympho...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for the World Fair event held in New York at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park from 30 April 1939 to 31 October 1940. Great Art Deco design by J...

Original vintage "Berliet" advertising enamel sign, made in France in the 1930s. Dimension: 65 x 42 cm.

Original vintage travel poster - For Sunshine ... Mallorca - issued by Fomento Turismo de Palma featuring artwork by the Austrian painter Erwin Hubert (18...

Original vintage advertising poster for the Paris 1937 Exposition Internationale / International Exhibition held from May to November featuring a...

This artwork poster for a French aperitif is a virtual explosion of color. A French flapper in a flowing gown enjoys a panoramic vista of the Mediterranean coast and a glass of Fap’ Anis...

Original black and white single-weight glossy studio promotional photograph from 1939. Few films have enjoyed such enduring popularity as the 1939 adaptation of L. Frank Baum's child...

Original vintage ski travel poster - Alsace and Lorraine Railways Winter Sports in the Vosges The Munster Walley and The Hohneck - featuring...

Artist  Leonetto Cappiello Year 1930 Dimensions 137x198cm Condition Good    

Fun with beautiful colours, this is a very clever poster by Bellenger from 1936. Artist Bellenger Year 1936 Dimensions 130 x 200 cm Condition Good Format Linen backed

Original Italian film poster for the 1936 action adventure film Bengal Tiger. This 1936 film was directed by Louis King. The cast includes Barton MacLane, June Travis and Warren Hul...

Original double weight glossy finish studio photograph for the 1939 landmark western Stagecoach. This film starred John Wayne and Claire Trevor., This western was directed by the gre...

Original vintage travel poster for The Algerian South / Le Sud Algerien featuring a stunning image set in the north Africa desert of a man on a camel with buildings on the horizon, a...

Original Vintage Poster for Mossant Hats dating from 1938 by Leonetto Cappiello. Artist: Leonetto Cappiello Title: Mossant Date: 1938 Size: 47.25 X 63 in / 120 X 160 cm Printer : Editions Nouvelles Cappiello, EDIMO, 15 rue Galvani - Paris Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper Linen backing: Yes Condition: A (Normally designates a poster in very good condition. Colours are fresh and there is very little or no paper loss. Any imperfections are marginal and unnoticeable). Additional Details: The headquarters Mossant was founded in 1833 by Casimir Mossant. The company is developing thanks in particular to the development of the railway, which allows for distant supplies and expeditions. In the 1920s, the firm Mossant is at its peak. The factory employs 1,200 workers and produces up to 2000 hats per day, nearly half of which is in the United States. After 1929, the economic crisis affected exports and the company diversified its production of felt (bags, berets, ...). Hat manufacturing activity declined and, in the 1950s, the factory's activity was converted into apparel until 1985, when the company was wound up. About Leonetto Cappiello, The Father of Modern Advertising Leonetto Cappiello, born on April 9, 1875, in Livorno, Italy, is considered a pioneer in the world of advertising, often referred to often hailed as the "father of modern advertising." His groundbreaking work in poster design revolutionized the industry and cemented his status as a visionary artist. Cappiello was renowned for his innovative and impactful poster designs, characterized by bold colors, simple forms, strong outlines and a strong focus on the product. His work significantly influenced the development of advertising as an art form. Initially drawn to caricature, Cappiello's true genius blossomed when he shifted his focus to poster art. His innovative approach, marked by bold colors, simple colours, simplified forms, strong outlines and a strong emphasis on product identification, set him apart from his contemporaries. Cappiello’s posters were instantly recognizable, capturing the essence of a product or brand in a single, powerful image. His work significantly influenced the development of advertising as an art form. The artist's career flourished in Paris, where he immersed himself in the vibrant artistic scene and his work spanned various industries: Food and Beverage: Campari, Cinzano, Café Martin...

Original vintage Guinness advertising poster - Guinness for Strength - featuring an iconic design by the notable artist John Gilroy (John Thomas Young Gilroy; 1898-1985) depicting a ...

Original vintage French military recruitment poster encouraging men to join or rejoin the Cavalry - Engagez Vous Dans La Cavalerie. Colourful dynamic design by the French war corresp...

Original vintage Summer Olympic Games poster for the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin from 1-16 August published by the German Railways Head Office for Tourist Traffic and the Propa...

Original vintage Spanish Civil War propaganda poster - Rights are Gained by the Weapons of the Catalan State / El Dret es Guanya per les Armes Estat Catala - featuring a dynamic imag...

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...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for the World's Fair in Paris May-November 1937 enchanting art and light - Paris 1937 Exposition Internationale Feerie d'art et de lumiere ...

One of the most famous posters by Leonetto Cappiello for Cachou Lajaunie, a breath mint originally used to disguise the smell of tobacco. A distinctly feminine piece by Cappiello, an...

Original antique cruise travel advertising poster for The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - The Royal Mail Line The comfort route to New York & South America 85 Years of Shipping Exp...

Produced for London Midland & Scottish Railway and London & North Eastern Railway to promote rail travel to the Scottish Highlands, this scarce British quad royal travel poster by No...

Original vintage Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) propaganda poster - Arriba Espana / Go Spain - featuring soldiers, workers, farmers, women and children rising up and marching forward ...

A rare, giant original French horse racing poster or mural, lithograph on paper, mounted on linen, in four panels joined to form one large image b...

Original Vintage Poster for South Morocco Map dating from 1930 by Jean Theophile Delaye. Artist: Jean Théophile Delaye (1896-1970) Title : Carte Touris...

Stunning poster for Pastis Olive created in 1930. Featuring wonderful and colourful artwork from Marc, this rare and beautiful design reads "Comme a Marseille" or "Like in Marseille"...

P.L.M. poster created by Roger Broders in 1930 to promote winter sports in St Pierre de Chartreuse in the Alps. Artist: Roger Broders (1883-1953) Title: Les Sports d’Hiver à St Pier...

Original vintage advertising poster for the French National Lottery - Loterie Nationale - featuring a fun design depicting a smiling man in a suit ju...

Original vintage travel poster for the Cote d'Azur ete Bandol hiver Le pays du soleil et des fleurs / French Riviera summer winter The land of sun and fl...

Original German cover from film program for the classic crime thriller M this 1931 masterpiece was directed by Fritz Lang and starred Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann. This poster is un...

Original vintage travel poster for Budapest featuring a great illustration by Jeges Erno (1898-1956) depicting a festival procession of people in t...

Original vintage drink advertising poster for the wine based aperitif Bonal Gentian Quina Des Montagnes De La Grande Chartreus / From the Mountains of the Grande Chartreuse featuring a fun Art Deco design by the notable poster artist A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Mouron Cassandre; 1901-1968) depicting a white figure leaning...

Original vintage travel poster - It's Beautiful Now In ... New York State The State That Has Everything, featuring a stunning design in late summer early fall autumn colors of deep red, orange and brown shades, yellow and green, depicting the silhouette of a couple hiking in the New York countryside with a tree framing the image next to the man holding one arm in the air and lady holding a hiking stick...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Spain featuring a seaside image of a smiling lady wearing a fashionable red swimsuit and a wide brimmed sun hat catching a red and whit...

Original vintage poster - Rangoon Port - issued by the Empire Marketing Board (EMB 1926-1933) featuring artwork by the notable Burmese artist Ba Nyan (...

Original Swedish film poster from the first release of the film in Sweden in 1935 Less than five known surviving examples. This film starred James Cagney, Dick Powell and Olivia de H...

Original vintage travel advertising poster For London Drama London Transport featuring a stunning black and white charcoal drawing by the portrait artist and printmaker James Ardern ...

Original vintage Spanish travel poster - Gran Canaria a continent in miniature - featuring a scenic view of ocean liners and other sailing boats an...

Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Austria featuring a dynamic Art Deco design by the notable Austria artist and poster designer Paul Kirnig (1891-1959) depicting a skie...

One of the most iconic and important poster designs in British history, the instantly recognisable "Keep Calm and Carry On" was designed by the Ministry of Information in 1939. The p...

Original vintage Swedish release movie poster for a British romantic drama film Lily Christine directed by Paul L. Stein and starring the American actress Corinne Griffith (aka The O...

Original vintage Guinness advertising poster - Opening Time is Guinness Time - featuring an iconic design depicting the trademark smiling ...

Original vintage sport poster for the annual Deauville Saison De Polo featuring a colourful dynamic image of a polo player wearing a number 3 top and swinging his polo mallet on a ho...

Original vintage planisphere travel route map poster promoting Air France - New and Old - On the Old Land with the New Paths / Nova et Vetera - Sur La Vieille Terre des Chemin Nouvea...

Original vintage cruise travel poster advertising Plymouth New York issued by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line CGT. Elegant Art Deco design featuring an ocean liner shi...

Original vintage travel poster for Comersee Italien / Lake Como Italy featuring a stunning Art Deco scene of people in fashionable summer clothing and elegant swimming costumes in th...

An original French lithographic advertising poster for Cafe Paul Fouquet, circa 1925-1930. Now archivally framed and glazed with UV resistant plexiglass. Provenance: Sarah Stocking, ...

Original vintage advertising poster for the Open Air Plays in Szeged Hungary from 28 July to 15 August 1939 including Aida The Tragedy of Man Hungarian Passion Play Byzantium Turando...

Original Swedish film poster for The Broadway Melody 1929. This film was directed by Harry Beaumont. It tells the story of two Vaudeville sisters trying to get a break on Broadway. This was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first musical, which won them an Oscar for Best Film. This beautiful Swedish poster...