1968 Original Air France Poster, Inde (India)

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Date: 1968
Size: 23.5 x 42 inches
Artist: Georges Mathieu

About The Poster: Produced for Air France in 1968, this … Read more Date: 1968
Size: 23.5 x 42 inches
Artist: Georges Mathieu

About The Poster: Produced for Air France in 1968, this is one of a collection of 14 posters highlights which some of the airline's most popular destinations. We think these posters would look great in a travel agency, an international setting or a large conference center ... they are colorful, spectacular and rather captivating.

French painter, Georges Mathieu gained an international reputation in the 1950s as a leading Abstract Expressionist. His large paintings are created very rapidly and impulsively. Despite his unconventional technique, he considers himself a historical painter working with abstract subject matter. Mathieu was born into a family of bankers and first studied law and philosophy before deciding to turn to the visual arts. In 1947, when he exhibited at the Salon of New Realities, he exhibited a cloth made of texture spots springing directly from the tube in a technique attributed to Jackson Pollock. He later exhibited in the United States and Japan. Not content with being 'just a painter', Mathieu has invented a 'lifestyle' which for him is the raison d'etre of an artist: this belief is most evident wth is work as editor of a multi-disciplinary magazine devoted to the arts. Mathieu is still active in the arts world in France and around the world.

Overall good condition with rough edges. Please see photos. See less