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 parts 1 & 2 also.
This is part 3 of a 7-part series on French Travel Posters:
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| c1930 Senlis Chemin De Fer Du Nord artist: Charles Hallo |
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| 1930s Evian Les Bains PLM artist: Georges François |
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| 1931 Salies de Béarn Station Thermale et Touristique artist: René Roussel |
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| 1932 Auvergne Chatel-Guyon artist: Robert Falcucci |
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| 1932 Golf de la Soukra Tunis PLM artist: Roger Broders |
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| 1934 Aix-les-Bains, Savoie Guérit le Rhumatisme artist: Lajos Marton |
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| 1934 Cote d'Azur PLM artist: Munetsugu Satomi |
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| 1934 Le Telepherique de Veyrier-du-Lac, d'Annecy artist: Henry Reb |
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| 1934c Villard de Lans, Dauphiné, Le Paradis des Enfants artist: Roger Broders |
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| 1935 Annecy Sa Plage artist: Robert Falcucci |
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| 1935 La Provence Romaine Berceau de la Culture Française artist: Lajos Marton |
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| 1935 Normandie Cie. Gle. Transatlantique artist: A.M. Cassandre |
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| c1935 Boulogne sur Mer Chemin de Fer du Nord artist: Edmond Maurus |
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| c1935 Lys-Chantilly. Plage Boran sur Oise artist: Robert Fallot |
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| c1935 Paris artist: Robert Falcucci |
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| c1935 Pau s'on Climat...ses Sports, France artist: Georges Reben |
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| 1936 Air France Flèche d'Orient artist: Paolo Frederico Garretto |
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| 1936 Champagne artist: A. Moluggon |
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| c1936 téléférique du Mt d'Arbois, Megève artist: Karl Machatschek |
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| 1937 Air France artist: N. Gerald Alexandre |
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| 1937 Air France Réseau Aérien Mondial artist: Vinci |
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| 1937 Côte d'Azur Partez PLM artist: Roland Hugon |
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| 1937 La Champagne artist: Adrien Senechal |
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| 1937 Montagnes de France Chemins de Fer Français artist: Max Ponty |
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| 1938 Air France Paris Rome Ala Littoria artist: Albert Solon |
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| 1938 Gorges de la Diosaz Vallée de Chamonix, Servoz artist: Denise Richard |
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| 1938 "L'Atlantique" L'Amerique du Sud artist: A.M. Cassandre |
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| c1938 Allez en Corse Cie Gle Transatlantique artist: Edouard Collin |
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| c1938 Chartres Cathédrales de France artist: Robert Alexandre |
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| 1942 Paris artist: Paul Colin |
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| 1946 Vosges SNCF artist: Benico |
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| 1946 Val de Loire SNCF artist: Troy |
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| 1946 Pyrénées SNCF artist: Gérard Monet |
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| 1946 Paris SNCF artist: Paul Colin |
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| 1946 Ile de France SNCF artist: L.F. Dominique |
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| 1946 Dauphiné SNCF artist: Paul Kelsch |
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| 1946 Bourgogne Chemin de fer Français artist: Henry de Waroquier |
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| 1946 Air France Afrique du Nord artist: Bernard Villemot |
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| 1946 Air France Vers des Ciels Nouveaux artist: Perceval |
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| 1946 Air France Amérique du Nord artist: Guy Arnoux |
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| 1945 Provence SNCF artist: Jal |
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| c1946 Nice artist: Vincent Guerra |
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| 1947 Air France artist: Hervé Baille |
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| 1947 Auvergne SNCF artist: Conrad Kickert |
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| 1947 Bretagne SNCF artist: Abel |
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| 1947 Jura SNCF artist: Georges Pacouil |
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| 1947 Lourdes SNCF artist: Hervé Baille |
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| 1947 Nice Travail et Joie artist: Henri Matisse |
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| 1947 Normandie SNCF artist: Léon Devos |
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| 1947 Plages du Débarquement en Normandie SNCF artist: Albert Brenet |
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| 1948 Air France Afrique Occidentale artist: Vincent Guerra |
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| 1948 Europe Air France artist: Edmond Maurus |
