Original Vintage Posters from Australia's Best

Vintage Posters Gallery | Arttoart

One of the latest interior must

haves are limited edition original

vintage posters. Australia has

definitely fallen for these chic,

humorous and cosmopolitan

iconic advertising posters.

Online art gallery Art to Art is the

best source of original vintage

posters Australia wide and has

a large collection available for a

modest investment.

Vintage posters have a

significant place in art history

The first modern posters were

produced in the 1870’s when

colour lithography allowed mass

production. Advertising posters

soon grew as a source of

revenue for aspiring artists

looking for steady income. By

the 1890’s the technique was

popular throughout Europe and

poster art became well

established, particularly in

France, with the first major

exhibition of poster art held in

Paris in 1884.

Posters are arguably the first place

that a provocative feminine image

was used as an advertising ploy,

therefore conceiving art as being

of service to advertising. The

streets of Paris in effect became

public art galleries and everyone

had their favourite poster artist.

Famous Vintage Poster Artists

The French graphic artist Bernard

Villemot (1911-1989) developed

iconic advertising images highly

influenced by photography and

Art Deco. He used sharp artistic

vision, simple elegant lines and

bold colours. By his death he was

known as one of the last great

poster artists and his works for

Bally shoes, Contrex, Perrier and

Orangina are still sought by

collectors and art deco lovers.

Another French artist Jean Colin

(1912-1982) first became known

for social propaganda and

cinema posters. From 1950 he

produced advertising posters for

Cinzano, Kiwi shoe polish,

Marchal, Shell and many others.

His works were well awarded for

their humour and harmonious

colouring and have a rightful

place in any art collection.

Italian born Leonetto Cappiello

(1875-1942) established his

career in Paris as a caricaturist.

He had no formal art training but

produced more than 530

advertising posters throughout

his career for clients like Cinzano,

Campari, Maurin Quina, Pates

Baroni Pasta, and La Victoria

Coffee. He was the first poster

artist to use bold figures which

popped from black backgrounds

and is often referred to as the

father of modern innovative

advertising.

Yet with so many cheaper copies

now available why buy the

original?

Well exhibited artist and art lecturer

Anselm van Rood believes buying

a copy is like choosing junk food

over whole food. “As an artist, I

spend my days striving to arrive at

exactly the precise colour and

colour-relationship of my vision.”

He says copies are guaranteed to

fade and reproductions cannot

compare to the original in colour

quality.

Ultimately your pleasure will be

short lived and your money wasted.

“A postcard or poster of Van Gough

will never compare to an original.”

An original vintage poster has an

established market, making the

purchase an investment that will

appreciate in value. Once a cheap

copy fades it will either end up in an

Op shop or at the tip.

Vintage Posters as gifts

With an accessible price range of

$500-$5,000 an original vintage

poster makes a perfect group gift for

a house warming, engagement or

wedding present. Many vintage

posters have a masculine flavour

making them an ideal gift for the

special man in your life. Art to Art

provides an Art Insitu service that

assists you to select the perfect

vintage poster. “Australia loves

original art”, says curator Philippa

Demase.

“We sell original vintage posters

Australia wide and provide a money

back satisfaction guarantee to

ensure you will be completely happy

with your purchase, we really want

acquiring art to be exciting and

accessible to all.”

Contact us

130 Bulleen Road,

Balwyn North

VIC 3104 Australia

P. 03 9859 6040

M. 0413 945 249

enquiries@arttoart.com.au

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