Paul Colin (1892 Nancy, France - 1985 Nogent-sur-Marne, France) was a prolific master illustrator of Decorative Art posters. 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 influenced by Surrealism and Cubism, typically using very exaggerated shapes, striking colours and 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, highly stylised or caricaturised 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.
For more biographical information see part 1 & for earlier works see parts 1-6 also.
This is part 7 of a 7 part series on the works of Paul Colin.
Note: Dates were not found for the remainder of this series.
Jazz Musicians charcoal on paper 27 x 21 cm:
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| Les Amants de Demain (The Lovers of Tomorrow) colour lithograph 199 x 115 cm |
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| Le rameur (The rower) oil on cardboard 54 x 65 cm |
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| Le Café Martin gouache and ink maquette 130 x 99 cm |
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| La Volonte: La Grand Quotidien des Gauches (The Will: The Great Daily of the Left) colour lithograph 146 x 107.9 cm |
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| La Granero two colour lithograph 156 x 105 cm |
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| Lys Gauty, Columbia records colour lithograph 160 x 120 cm |
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| Marianne with Stigma or Liberation oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm |
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| Man with raised arm gouache on paper 40 x 30 cm |
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| Portrait of a Professional Man pencil & watercolour on paper 44 x 32.3 cm |
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| Nestor Martin colour lithograph 120.5 x 160 cm |
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| Nude Study charcoal on paper 64 x 49 cm |
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| Nude oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm |
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| Nude lying on a sofa ink wash on paper 55 x 73 cm |
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| Paul Colin, Galerie La Boetie Mourlot colour lithograph 60.3 x 40 cm |
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| Patriotic Shepherd gouache on paper (size not given) |
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| Paris Soir (Paris Evening) watercolour, pen & ink on paper 38.1 x 31.1 cm |
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| Personnage (Character) gouache on paper 30 x 26 cm |
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| Personnage (Character) gouache on paper 26 x 21 cm |
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| Personnage (Character) gouache on paper 26 x 21 cm |
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| Roi de Pique (King of Spades) gouache 36 x 23 cm |
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| Red Nude oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm |
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| Red nude at the window oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm |
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| Reclining Nude charcoal and grey wash 76.2 x 56.5 cm |
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| Semaine Internationale de Solidarité (International Solidarity Week) colour lithograph 59 x 39 cm |
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| Temps Present (Present Tense) colour lithograph 116.2 x 76.2 cm |
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| Tabarin pencil on tracing paper 15 x 13 cm |
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| Two Dancers colour lithograph poster enhanced with gouache 154 x 112 cm |
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| Tumulte noir (Black Tumult) colour lithograph 47 x 32 cm |
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| Tulips and Roses oil on board 71 x 90 cm |
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| Woman with cigarette pencil, gouache & wash on paper 63 x 46 cm |
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| Josephine Baker and Band gouache on paperboard 76.2 x 65.4 cm |
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| Village View oil on panel 24 x 19 cm |
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| Valentine Tessier, Judith. Théâtre Hébertot colour lithograph 150 x 98 cm |
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| Woman in a hot air balloon gouache on paper 52 x 38 cm |
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| Untitled watercolour on paper 55 x 46 cm |
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| Untitled screenprint on wove paper 27.9 x 42 cm |
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| Untitled lithograph 57 x 38 cm |
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| Untitled aquatint on paper 25.4 x 17.7 cm |
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