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Walther Koch (1875-1915) Zug Berg und Strassenbahn
Original lithographic poster (1914) 40x30" Printed in Zurich by Anstalt Gebr Fretz If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Suisse Chutes du Rhin
Original lithographic poster (1925) 40x25" If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Generally good, a little edge wear. -
Hugo Wetli (1916-1972) Nordwest-Schweiz North-West Switzerland La Suisse du Nord-Ouest
Original Poster c. 1960s If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Hugo Wetli (1916-1972) Ticino - Come and Paint Ticino Contest for your holidays 1964
Original Poster 1964 If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Hugo Wetli (1916-1972) Autumn on Lake Geneva Herbst am Genfersee Douceur automnale du Léman
Original Poster c. 1960s 40x25" If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Pinholes to corners, some soft creases, not backed, generally good. -
Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo (The Italian Government Tourist Board)
PISA - ITALY - LAND OF YOUR DREAMS
Lithographic poster 101 x 63.5 cm If you are interested, please email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. Pin-holes to corners; not backed. -
Lance Cottermole A Map of Northumberland & Durham, UK
1949 Lithographic poster Published for Railway Executive 102x63cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. Backed to linen, repaired tear, presents very well. -
A E Agar (artist) Original passenger list brochure for Shaw Savill Albion Line, c. 1940s or 1950s.
24x34cm (approx) Provenance: the artist's estate As new, unissued printer's proof. Could be trimmed to the brochure size if desired. Fine image of ocean liner to front cover, map - via Panama Canal - to back cover. From the great age of Ocean Liners. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Excellent. -
Claude Harrison Shell Guide to Westmoreland
Original poster for Shell Oil c. 1960s 76x51cm Shell commissioned a series of posters to go with their County Guide books, and they commissioned paintings by the leading artists of the day. Claude Harrison studied at Preston College of Art (1939-1941) and Liverpool College of Art (1941-2) after which he enlisted in the RAF for five years. On his return, he continued studies at Royal College of Art (1947-50). Harrison’s work consisted of murals, portraits, conversation pieces and mystical figure compositions - which are seen here in the Westmoreland poster. He was a member of the Royal Academy and his work has regularly been exhibited in the annual summer exhibition. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Fair. Short edge tears which are hidden by mount/mat; some age toning. Metal hanger removed to allow matting. See photograph for more information -
A E Agar (artist) Original advertising poster for Shaw Savill Albion Line, c. 1940s or 1950s.
51x38cm Provenance: the artist's estate Fine image of ocean liner. From the great age of Ocean Liners. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. Condition: Good. -
'Samivel' Paul Gayet-Tancrède (1907-1992)
Le Parc National de la Vanoise, Alpes de Savoie
Editions Mythra SA Chamonix Original Vintage Ski Poster 99x62cm Condition: Excellent, with four small glue marks to reverse not affecting image. With the ever-popular topic of skiing, Samivel here catches a Marmot atop a Vanoise hill, a mountain peak in the background. The Marmot, a squirrel-like rodent, is always a sign of the impending end of the ski season as it comes out with the warmer weather as spring approaches. Click here to see other posters by Samivel. Samivel was a writer, an artist, a photographer, an explorer and more. In 1948 he accompanied Paul Émile Victor on the first French Greenland expedition, making three documentary films in the process. His friends included Théodore Monod and Gilbert André - the latter the mayor of Bonneval-sur-Arc and one of the founders of the Vanoise National Park - and with them and others he spent his whole life aiming for the protection of the imperilled countryside. The graphic artist side of him had a life-long fascination with high mountains, and his illustrated books and series of posters of the French Alps have long been popular. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
'Samivel' Paul Gayet-Tancrède (1907-1992)
Chamonix Mont Blanc, France - au centre d'un monde de cristal
Imprimé en France pour l'office du tourisme de Chamonix par l'imprimerie generale a Grenoble Original Vintage Ski Poster 99x62cm Condition: excellent With the ever-popular topic of mountains for climbing and skiing, Samivel here draws one of the Aiguille or Aiguillettes - needles - in Chamonix which are famous for climbers. Samivel was a writer, an artist, a photographer, an explorer and more. In 1948 he accompanied Paul Émile Victor on the first French Greenland expedition, making three documentary films in the process. His friends included Théodore Monod and Gilbert André - the latter the mayor of Bonneval-sur-Arc and one of the founders of the Vanoise National Park - and with them and others he spent his whole life aiming for the protection of the imperilled countryside. The graphic artist side of him had a life-long fascination with high mountains, and his illustrated books and series of posters of the French Alps have long been popular. Click here to see other posters by Samivel. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
'Samivel' Paul Gayet-Tancrède (1907-1992)
Du Léman à La Méditerranée, La Grande Traversée des Alpes Françaises
('From Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean, La Grande Traversée of the French Alps') Imprimé en France - Printed in France 1975 Original Vintage Ski Poster 99x62cm Condition: excellent With the ever-popular topic of mountains for climbing and skiing, Samivel here draws a snow-covered col in the mountains. La Grande Traversée is a long-distance walking route from Thonon les Bains to Nice, set up in the early 1970s. Samivel was a writer, an artist, a photographer, an explorer and more. In 1948 he accompanied Paul Émile Victor on the first French Greenland expedition, making three documentary films in the process. His friends included Théodore Monod and Gilbert André - the latter the mayor of Bonneval-sur-Arc and one of the founders of the Vanoise National Park - and with them and others he spent his whole life aiming for the protection of the imperilled countryside. The graphic artist side of him had a life-long fascination with high mountains, and his illustrated books and series of posters of the French Alps have long been popular. Click here to see other posters by Samivel. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Josep Artigas Ojeda (1919-1992)
Vevey, Switzerland (Summer) c.1955-60 Lithographic poster 98x64cm Josep Artigas was one of the most important Spanish poster designers -
Hans Falk (1918-2002)
Sport au Soleil en Suisse
Original Vintage Poster (1957) Lithograph 40x25" Signed in the plate, and showing a procession of brightly-coloured skiers heading up the mountain towards the sun. Falk was a Swiss graphic designer who spent much of his life in the USA, UK and Ireland, producing many striking and popular posters. -
John Nash
Shell Guide to Cambridgeshire Original poster c. 1960s 76x51cm Shell commissioned a series of posters to go with their County Guide books, and they commissioned paintings by the leading artists of the day. Nash needs no introduction as an artist. A painter of landscapes and still-lives and illustrator - particularly of botanic works - who worked extensively with wood engravings, he was a natural choice for Shell. His most famous work is probably 'Over the Top' which hangs in the Imperial War Museum, relating to a counter-attack by 1st Battalion Artists' Rifles at Welsh Ridge on 30 December 1917. Of the eighty men who went over the top, sixty-eight were killed or wounded within the first few minutes. Nash escaped and painted the picture three months later. The Tate holds his 1918 painting 'The Cornfield' which was his first non-war painting (he only started painting in oils in 1914). Condition: mounted in conservation mount and wrapped in plastic sleeve (mount hides short edge tears). -
Leonard Rosoman
Shell Guide to Midlothian Original poster c. 1960s 76x51cm Shell commissioned a series of posters to go with their County Guide books, and they commissioned paintings by the leading artists of the day. Born in London, Rosoman studied at the Royal Academy Schools and then the Central School. His first major commission was to illustrate the popular children's book 'My Friend Mr Leakey' in 1937. Joining the Auxiliary Fire Service during World War II, he painted many scenes from the Blitz, some of which are in the Imperial War Museum collection. Seconded to the War Office in 1943 to illustrate books on fire-fighting the War Artists' Advisory Committee gave him a full-time post with the British Pacific Fleet, sailing with HMS Formidable the aircraft carrier. After the war he taught at Camberwell College of Art. He painted a mural for the Festival of Britain in 1951, murals for the British Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels International Exhibition, and for the restaurant at the Royal Academy's Burlington House - becoming RA in 1969. Condition: mounted in conservation mount and wrapped in plastic sleeve (mount hides short edge tears). -
Rowland Hilder
Shell Guide to Warwickshire Original poster c. 1960s 76x51cm Shell commissioned a series of posters to go with their County Guide books, and they commissioned paintings by the leading artists of the day. Rowland Hilder was a well known landscape artist and book illustrator. Born in New York state, his English father moved the family to Kent, England in 1915. It was here his natural talent for drawing was noticed by his school. Later Hilder went to study at Goldsmith’s College in London. He was well known as an accomplished watercolorist, particularly in his sensitive handling of the sky and earth. Between 1964 and 1974 he was president of England’s Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. Condition: mounted in conservation mount and wrapped in plastic sleeve (mount hides short edge tears). -
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Paris, France - French Railways
Lithographic poster 101 x 63.5 cm For French Railways SNCF Printed by Draeger Printed in France for and by the French National Railways, 1970 Signed and dated in the stone 1969 Generally very good; occasional slight browning to the very edges
