Wednesday 28 December 2022

French Travel Posters - part 2

During the second half of the 19th century, the development of transportation enabled a strong increase in tourism in Europe. Timetables decorated with small black and white engravings were displayed in railway stations.

As early as 1890, the railway companies put up the first real travel posters, inviting travellers to visit historical sites and bucolic landscapes.

Hugo d’Alési was the most prolific creator of travel posters during the Belle Epoque. Working in a similar style, Henri Tanconville also designed a series of travel posters.

At the turn of the century, a different approach to travel posters emerged - from then on, a single image with shorter text became the norm.

From the 1920s. Poster artists abandoned the romanticism and arabesques of the Art Nouveau style in favour of geometric and monumental forms borrowed from Cubism and Futurism and embraced the Art Deco style.


For earlier works see part 1 also.

This is part 2 of a 7-part series on French Travel Posters: 


c1910 Luchon
Chemin de Fer d'Oléans et du Midi
artist: Constant Duval

c1910 Menton P.L.M.
artist: Adelin Charles Morel de Tanguy

c1910 Messageries Maritimes
Paquebots Poste Français
artist: David Dellepiane

c1910 Sail Les Bains P.L.M.
artist: Henri Tanconville

c1910 Talloires
artists: Paul & Robert Besnard

c1910 Touraine Circuits Automobiles
Chemin de fer d'Orléans
artist: Constant Duval

1911 Royat (Auvergne)
 artist: Géo Dorival

1912 Route des Alpes
Massif de l'Oisans
artist: René Péan

c1912 Chemin de Fer Electrique
Montreux Oberland Bernois
artist: Mario Borgoni

c1912 Syndicat d'Initiative
de Digne-les-Bains PLM
(artist unknown)

1913 Château d'Amboise
artist: Géo Dorival

1914 Chamonix - Mont-Blanc 
Cachat's-Majestic
artist: atelier De Faria Candido Aragonese

1920 Chemins de Fer de l'Etat
Excursions en Normandie
artist: Pierre Ladureau

c1920 Avranches
Baie du Mont St. Michel
artist: Albert Bergevin 

c1920 Chemins de Fer de l'Etat
Excursions en Bretagne
artist: Henry de Renaucourt

1920s Deauville
artist: Jean Don

c1922 Services Automobiles de la Route des Alpes
Grenoble PLM
artist: Roger Broders

1925 Combloux PLM
artist: Roger Broders

1925 Exposition internationale,
 Houille Blanche & Tourisme, Grenoble PLM
artist: Roger Broders

1925 Le Haut-Barr
artist: Roger Soubie

c1925 Provins, Tour de César
Chemins de Fer de l'EST
artist: A. Rotida

1926 La Côte d'Azur
Aune Nuit de Paris PLM
artist: Emil-Andre Schefer

1926 La Côte d'Émeraude
Chemins de Fer de l'Etat
artist: André Galland

1927 Le Tour du Mt Blanc PLM
artist: Roger Broders

1927 Visitez la Bretagne
Chemins de Fer de l'État
Artist: Pierre Commarmond

1928 St-Jean de Luz
artist: Rob Mallet-Stevens

1929 Côte D'Azur
Pullman - Express
artist: Pierre Fix-Masseau

1929 Etretat
artist: André Galland

1929 La Bretagne Pittoresque
artist: Maurice Toussaint

1930 Au Pays du Bon Vin d'Alsace
artist: Claude Gadoud

1930 Besancon PLM
artist: Roger Broders

1930 Niederbronn Les Bains
artist: Lucien Blumer

1930 Veneux-Les-Sablons
Enviros de Fontainebleau PLM
 artist: L. Prieur

c1930 Allevard Les Bains
Centre Thermal et Touristique PLM
artist: Eric de Coulon

c1930 Carcassonne
artist: E. Paul Champseix

c1930 Chambre de Commerce, Boulogne sur Mer
artist: Gustave Umbdenstock

c1930 Chemins de Fer de L'Etat
artist: Géo Dorival

c1930 Flavigny PLM
artist: Julien  Lacaze

c1930 L'Algerie via Marseille
artist: Michel Bouchaud

c1930 L'Isle Adam
artist Léon Blot

c1930 Le Mont Revard
artist: Roger Broders

c1930 Les Gorges du Tarn
Chemins de fer du Midi
artist: E. Paul Champseix

c1930 Menton
artist: Richard

c1930 Pierrefonds
artist: J.C. Aubry

c1930 Saint Aubin sur Mer (Calvados)
artist: André Galland

c1930 Saint-Brieuc
artist: Pierre Commarmond

c1930 St Gervais-Les-Bains
artist: Tony

c1930s  Cote d'Azur, Corse
artist: E. Fer

c1930s Saint-Nectaire PLM
artist: Roger de Valerio



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