Paul Colin (1892-1985) born in Nancy, France, died in Nogent-sur-Marne. Colin was a prolific master illustrator of Decorative Arts posters. Alexandre-Marie Colin (5 December 1798 – 21 November 1875) was a relative. Paul Colin was a professional artist, scenographer, graphic designer and theatre painter. He specialised in theatre sets, book design and costume design. During his lifetime he created over 1900 posters and worked in theatre for more than 40 years. He was praised for the perfect combination of organic and graphic themes with geometric forms. He was influenced by Surrealism and Cubism, typically using very exaggerated shapes, striking colours and very stylised art forms in his work. He used a large palette of colours to emphasise the energy and meaning conveyed by his subjects, and his art is strongly in the style of the Art Deco movement. Many of his most famous illustrations were created for Jazz Age music and theatre. His designs incorporate jazz elements, bold and striking colors, Cubist and Surrealist. Highly stylized or caricaturized humanoids are strangely juxtaposed with geometrically overlapping objects such as Cubist collages. His own background in painting and his love of theatre helped him to become one of the most important French poster artists of the 1920s and 1930s. Colin designed posters for artists and theatres such as the Folies Bergère, the Moulin Rouge and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. In addition, he produced posters for various festivals, exhibitions, products and companies. For example, he designed posters for French films such as Le Voyage Imaginaries and produced stage and costume designs for theatres. He taught for over 40 years at the "Ecole Paul Colin" graphic arts school in Paris, where many graphic artists and designers have benefited. He was the master of painter Philippe Derome and poster artists duo Lefor-Openo An original vintage poster of singer and Broadway star Adelaide Hall by Paul Colin advertising Blackbirds at the Moulin Rouge in 1929, sold on 2 October 2003 at Swann Auction Galleries in New York for $167,500. The sale signalled a record high for an original Paul Colin poster.
This is part 1 of a 7 part series on the works of Paul Colin:
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| 1905 Milking a Cow colour woodcut print 33.5 x 50 cm |
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| 1918 Portrait of Lieutenant Gabriel de Barthès de Montfort sepia ink wash, gouache and black chalk on paper 56.8 x 47.4 cm |
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| c1920 The Roaring Twenties watercolour & coloured pencil on paper 55.8 x 91.4 cm |
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| 1925 Champs Élysées Music Hall colour lithograph poster 159.5 x 119.5 cm |
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| 1925 Black Dancers gouache on paper 41 x 33 cm |
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| 1925 Au Boeuf Sur Le Toit (At the Beef on the Roof) lithograph on paper 60.9 x 38.1 cm |
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| 1925 (+1971) A La Decouverte des Annees 1925-1935 Galerie Fricker, Paris 1971 two-colour lithograph poster |
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| 1925 Dancing Steps pastel and crayon on paper 31 x 27.5 cm |
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| 1925 Cubist composition pastel & charcoal on paper 32 x 26 cm |
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| 1925 Composition collage & gouache 40 x 29 cm |
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| 1925 Josephine Baker oil on wood panel 91 x 76 cm |
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| 1925 Josephine Baker ink and gouache on paper 65 x 49 cm |
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| 1925 Josephine Baker & Partners watercolour on paper 22.8 x 15.2 cm |
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| 1925 Jean Borlin colour lithograph 119 x 78.6 cm |
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| 1925 Jazz Musicians oil on panel 91 x 76 cm |
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| 1925 The Calculating Machine gouache and ink on board 70 x 50 cm |
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| 1925 Oreum Maquette; design for a French boutique, not realised gouache 97 x 68 cm |
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| 1925 Le Cosak oil pastel on graph paper 50 x 33 cm |
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| 1925 La Cavalière Elsa two-colour lithograph poster 160 x 120.6 cm |
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| 1925 The Revue Nègre au Music-hall des Champs Elysées two-colour lithograph 70 x 50 cm |
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| 1925 The Revue Nègre au Music-hall des Champs Elysées (variation of the above) three colour lithograph 62 x 48 cm |
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| c1925 Joséphine at the Revue Nègre oil on canvas 79 x 58 cm |
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| c1925 Josephine and Partner at the Revue Negre oil on canvas 55.2 x 45.7 cm |
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| c1925 Jazz Piano gouache & ink drawing 15 x 11 cm |
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| c1925 Jazz Band ink on paper 20 x 24.5 cm |
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| c1925 Loïe Fuller gouache artwork 150.5 x 114.3 cm |
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| c1925 Ligue Maritime et Coloniale Francaise (French Maritime and Colonial League) colour lithograph 50 x 40 cm |
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| c1925 Josephine Baker colour lithograph 81 x 60.3 cm |
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| c1925-26 Josephine's Banana Dance Dress gouache and ink maquette 64.5 x 49.2 cm |
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| 1926 Têtes de rechange (Replacement heads) oil on canvas 70 x 50 cm |
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| 1926 Paquebot Theatre (Steamer Theatre) colour lithograph 122 x 101.6 cm |
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| 1926 Joë Alex colour lithograph 159.5 x 120 cm |
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| 1926 Champs-Élysées Music-Hall, Revue Espagnole colour lithograph 157.4 x 118.6 cm |
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| 1926 Blackbirds oil on canvas 115 x 88 cm |
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| 1926 Bar des Folies Africaines colour lithograph 26.5 x 19 cm |
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| 1927 Bal Nègre colour lithograph 38 x 27 cm |
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| c1927 Bal Nègre mixed media on paper 32 x 25 cm |
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| 1927 Lisa Duncan three-colour lithograph 118.7 x 78 cm |
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| 1927 Le Bal Fleuri (The Flower Ball) two-colour lithograph 116.6 x 55.8 cm |
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| 1927 Joë Alex (from Tumulte Noir) colour lithograph 71.7 x 55.2 cm |
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| 1927 Ch. Gir (artist Charles-Félix Girard) colour lithograph exhibition poster 58 x 38 cm |
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| 1927 The Pianist gouache and ink on paper 33 x 24.8 cm |
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| 1927 Maya colour lithograph 119.7 x 78.2 cm |
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| c1927 Untitled colour lithograph 47 x 32 cm |
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| 1928 Georgia Graves colour lithograph 154.7 x 114.6 cm |
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| 1928 Chemins de Fer de L'Est, Exposition Nancy colour lithograph 120 x 79.5 cm |
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| 1928 Casino de Paris, Mitty Tillio et Ricaux colour lithograph 157.6 x 118.5 cm |
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| 1928 Benglia colour lithograph 159.4 x 119.5 cm |
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