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Posters Notable Artists

Posters notable artists are famous and known for their proficiency and
talent. Poster artists are not only painters or photographers, they are
much more. They should have a great sense of style, humor, beauty, and
proportion. Notable posters are eye catching, informative and share the
message of the time they belong to. Let's recall some of the names of
posters notable artists and the countries they come from. 
 
The Soviet Union does no longer exist, but the notable posters of the
time are among the most wanted for private collections and galleries.
The reproductions of those posters are a must-have for tourists from
all over the world. Most of the poster artists of that epoch
are 
anonymous. The main reason of creation posters in the Soviet Union was
propaganda. They were created to call to the colours during the time of
the Cold War and The Great Patriotic War, to appeal to the public for
labor power during the First and Second Five Years Plan, to draw
attention to the problem of alcoholism in the years of the Dry Law. Not
all of them have survived till now, because in their time notable
posters were not considered to be art, and due to this fact they were
either recycled or just lost for the wide public. 
 
France has given the world a bunch of posters notable artists. They had
and still have a wide range of resources for inspiration. France had
always been a country of  sophisticated movies and exquisite
sense
of humor, and so posters artists have a lot of material to work on.
Among French notable artists are Albert Guillaume, Achilles Mauzan,
Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (Kharkovite by birth), Theophile Steinlen,
Raymond Savignac, Paul Colin and others. 
 
Albert Guillaume brought his caricaturist talents into the
posters
creation. He is famous for his movies and advertisement posters. 
 
Achille Mauzan used for creation of posters and postcards his
avant-garde cubists technique. He made his sense of humor his
carte-de-visite. His notable posters for films and
advertisement became a people's heart desire and they are
among
the most famous collections, both private and state. 
 
Adolphe Mouron Cassandre - a Ukrainian by birth but French by the way
and the place of living and creating. His style of work can be
described as surrealism and cubism. Devoted  himself to
advertisement. 
 
Theophile Steinlen created posters for films and theatrical
performances. His favourite theme for presentation on the posters and
paintings were cats. 
 
Raymond Savignac was famous for his commercial posters. His works can
be described as simple, but with a huge sense of humour. His works can
be found in museums all over the world. 
 
Paul Colin is one of the greatest French artists. His great sense of
style and beauty in creation of theatrical posters had earned him a
name in artistic spheres and throughout the world. 
 
Another country which gave us a lot of prominent posters artists is
England. Englishmen are known for their temper, peculiar sense of
 humour and good manners. Frank Newbould, Tom Eckersley, John
Thomas Young Gilroy were among English posters notable artists. 
 
Frank Newbould made a speciality out of travel posters. Among his
clients were the biggest travel companies of London. Also created a
dozen of war inspired posters. 
 
Tom Eckersley was a posters artist who had a talent  for very
memorable, bright and eloquent posters. His talent carried a big value
for businessmen and big companies. He used his works as an example
while teaching graphic design at college. 
 
John Thomas Young Gilroy was an irreplaceable artist for making
advertisement posters. His famous work is a poster for a world wide
known beer company. He was not only an artist but also a teacher. 
 
Angelo Casselon, Gino Boccasile, Leonetto Cappiello and many more are
in the list of the greatest Italian posters artists. Italy has always
been the cradle of art, the capital of  inspiration, the place
of
 world's cultural evolution. Italy is very fruitful for
creative
minds. 
 
Angelo Casselon, known for his inborn good taste and creativity, is one
of the most prominent Italian posters artists. He made posters for
films. His speciality was to depict main characters on the poster, as
he was a brilliant portraitist. 
 
Gino Boccasile was an admirer of female forms, that's why most of his
works contain images of beautiful Italian women. He created
unforgettable posters for advertising different things and for
promoting various goods. 
 
Leonetto Cappiello was the first artist to use black backgrounds and
relief figures. Is supposed to be a father of modern advertising
posters. His posters were used for advertisement, film promotion and
theatre performances. 
 
Posters notable artists deserve much attention to be paid to due to
their prominent works and historical value of their creations.