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 1-3 also.
This is part 4 of a 7 part series on the works of Paul Colin:
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| 1937 Paris 1937 Exposition Internationale, Mai-Novembre photolithograph 100 x 61.9 cm MoMA, New York |
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| c1937 T.S.F. Television gouache maquette 110.5 x 76.2 cm |
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| c1937 École Normale Supérieure Garden Party colour lithograph 60.5 x 40.6 |
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| c1938 Emprunt de la Defense Nationale, Sousscrivez colour lithograph 119.75 x 77.5 cm |
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| 1938 Trois Nouvelles Vedettes du Disque (Three New Record Stars) colour lithograph 160.6 x 120.4 cm |
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| 1938 Jean Weidt et ses ballets lithograph 116.4 x 78.4 cm |
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| 1938 Cigarettes Balto colour lithograph 146 x 94 cm |
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| 1938 Bagnoles de L'Orne, Station Thermale colour lithograph 106 x 61 cm |
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| 1939 Silence, L'Ennemi Guette vos Confidences (Silence, the Enemy is Watching for Your Confidences) colour lithograph 59 x 36 cm |
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| 1939 France D'Outre Mer (Overseas France) colour lithograph 160 x 120 cm |
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| 1939 Defense Passive colour lithograph 59.4 x 98 cm |
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| c1939 Souscription Nationale, la Dette (National Subscription, the Debt) colour lithograph 60 x 40 cm |
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| c1939 Public au Cirque (Audience at the Circus) colour lithograph 34 x 39.6 cm |
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| c1939 Jazz Musicians colour lithograph 36.2 x 46 cm |
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| c1940 Vittelloise, L'Eau qui chante et qui danse (Vittelloise, the water that sings and dances) colour lithograph 154 x 115 cm |
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| c1940 Noël, Le Peintre de Paris (Christmas The Painter of Paris) colour lithograph 145 x 114 cm |
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| 1940s Vente, 14 Octobre Au Profit des Sinistrés des Landes (Sale, October 14 For the benefit of Landes disaster victims) colour lithograph 60 x 40 cm |
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| 1940s France D´Outre Mer (France Overseas) colour lithograph 160 x 120 cm |
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| 1940s France D´Outre Mer (France Overseas) colour lithograph 39.5 x 29.5 cm |
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| c1940s Ne Graissez Pas en Marche (Do not grease on the move) colour lithograph 58.4 x 39.3 cm |
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| 1940s Arts Menagers, Grand Palais (Arts Managers, Grand Palais) colour lithograph 59 x 38 cm |
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| c1941 Nuit du Ciel, Olympia (Enjoy your Sky, Olympia) colour lithograph 58.5 x 38 cm |
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| 1941 Gus Viseur et son Orchestre Victor colour lithograph 58.5 x 31 cm |
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| 1941 Biblothéque du Peuple colour lithograph 60 x 39.4 cm |
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| 1943 Philips, Le Triomphe de la Qualité (Philips, The Triumph of Quality) colour lithograph 80 x 59 cm |
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| c1944 Victoire, Ils meurent pour vous (Victory, They die for you) colour lithograph 58 x 38.5 cm |
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| 1944 Liberation charcoal on paper 62 x 49 cm |
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| 1944 Espanita Cortez two-colour lithograph 158 x 116 cm |
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| 1945 Union Nationale pour la Protection de L'Enfance (National Union for the Protection of Children) two-colour lithograph 80 x 60 cm |
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| 1945 Les Comédiens de Bois de Jacques Chenais (The Wooden Comedians by Jaques Chenais) colour lithograph 158.7 x 118 cm |
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| c1945 Soiree Excetionnelle (For the Benefit of the Widows & Orphans of the Parisian Police) colour lithograph 64 x 40 cm |
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| c1945 Soiree Excetionnelle artwork for the above poster gouache on paper 99 x 69.5 cm |
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| c1945 Dunlop colour lithograph 117 x 78.5 cm |
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| c1945 Bons de la Defense Nationale (National Defence Bonds) gouache maquette 118.1 x 78.7 cm |
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| c1945 Bons de la Defense Nationale (National Defence Bonds) gouache maquette 118.1 x 78.7 cm |
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| 1946 Semaine de la Sécurité Travail (Work Safety Week) colour lithograph 160 x 120 cm |
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| 1946 Fréhel, Columbia colour lithograph 157 x 119.5 cm |
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| 1946 Exposition des Techniques Américaines (Exhibition of American Techniques) colour lithograph 38 x 28 cm |
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| 1946 Cannes Film Festival colour lithograph 155 x 114 cm |
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| 1946 17eme Salon International de l'Aviation (17th International Aviation Show) colour lithograph 59.5 x 38 cm |
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| 1947 Varsovie Accuse (Warsaw Accused) colour lithograph 49.5 x 41 cm |
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| 1947 Troupes Aeroportées pour l'Armée du Ciel Les Meilleurs (Airborne Troops for the Air Force, The Best) colour lithograph 119 x 78.5 cm |
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| 1947 S.N.C.F., Au Service du Public colour lithograph 98.5 x 61.7 cm |
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| 1947 Katherine Dunham colour lithograph 158.7 x 117.2 cm |
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| 1947 Katherine Dunham colour lithograph 150.4 x 99.7 cm |
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| 1947 International Students' Games colour lithograph 46 x 29.9 cm |
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| 1947 Bal des Arts 1947 colour lithograph 60.25 x 38 cm |
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| 1948 Temps Present (Present Tense) colour lithograph 116 x 76 cm |
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| 1948 Nancy, Synthèse de L'histoire Lorraine (Nancy, Synthesis of Lorraine History) colour lithograph 104 x 75 cm |
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| 1948 L’Affiche Française (French Posters) colour lithograph 59.5 x 37 cm |
