Designer: | Kosel, Hermann (1896-1983) |
Country: | Austria |
Decade: | 1940 |
Year: | 1947 |
Dimensions: | 95 x 64 cm |
Condition: | Very good | | B + |
Publisher: | The Austrian Federal Government |
Printed by: | Brüder Rosenbaum, Vienna |
Category: |
Airline/Aviation Ski / Sports Travel |
This is a really cool Austrian travel poster depicting a horse sleigh ride in a winter scene in an Austrian Dorf. The text reads: Sun, Snow and Fun in Austria. The poster has an extra for KLM. Fly KLM The skiers Airline with John & Lois Jay. I wonder who John & Lois Jay was?
The artist Hermann Kosel, with his austere and reduced form language and memorable planar style, soon became one of the most sought-after advertising artists and an important pioneer of a new generation of poster artists in Austria.