{"title":"Travel \u0026 Tourism","description":"\u003cp\u003ePosters made to sell a country, a coastline, a sleeper train, or an ocean liner that didn't exist yet. The golden age of travel poster art ran roughly from 1900 to 1960, before photography took over the brief. What survives is graphic design at full confidence, made when illustrators were trusted to invent how a place felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans the great schools and the great destinations. Roger Broders for the PLM railway and the Côte d'Azur. Cassandre for the French Line and Normandie. The mid-century Pan Am and TWA era of jet-age American optimism. Roger Excoffon's Air France work. The British seaside posters of Tom Purvis and Frank Newbould. The Swiss tourism posters of Herbert Matter. American National Parks WPA posters from the 1930s, the original \"see your own country first\" campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese were billboards, not gallery pieces. They were pasted up on station walls, hung in travel agents' windows, and replaced when the season changed. The ones that survived were the ones someone took down carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable in seven sizes, A4 through A0.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Try it on your wall before you buy. Every poster supports our See It On Your Wall preview tool.\u003cbr\u003e- Printed locally for the UK, US, and Canada.\u003cbr\u003e- 200gsm archival paper, pigment-based inks.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bagnoles-de-lorne-paul-colin-1937","title":"Bagnoles de l'Orne 1937 | Paul Colin Travel Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eA winding river curves through emerald woodlands, viewed between graceful tree trunks that frame the thermal spa town of Bagnoles de l'Orne. This forest composition depicts the serene healing environment that made this Norman destination famous throughout the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Paul Colin in 1937, this poster promoted France's only thermal spa town in the northwest. Colin, renowned for his theatrical posters and collaborations with Josephine Baker, adopts here a lyrical naturalistic style that departed from his customary Art Deco approach. The rich forest greens and earth tones emphasise the therapeutic qualities of the location.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster belongs to the golden age of French spa advertising, when thermal resorts competed through sophisticated graphic design. Bagnoles de l'Orne marketed itself specifically for circulation treatments, using mineral-rich waters that had drawn visitors since the Belle Époque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced as an archival print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art Paper, depicting the subtle gradations of Colin's forest palette.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Poster Archives","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":57353783312761,"sku":"26B-0101-A4","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":57353783345529,"sku":"26B-0101-A3","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2","offer_id":57353783378297,"sku":"26B-0101-A2","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70cm","offer_id":57353783411065,"sku":"26B-0101-50x70cm","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1","offer_id":57353783443833,"sku":"26B-0101-A1","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100cm","offer_id":57353783476601,"sku":"26B-0101-70x100cm","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0","offer_id":57353783509369,"sku":"26B-0101-A0","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1139\/4937\/files\/Travel-BagnolesDelOrne-PaulColin-ForestRiverView-1937_a5101625-ec9b-4080-a30f-fedbc8c63a02.jpg?v=1780230519"},{"product_id":"megeve-cable-car-michaud-1933","title":"Megève Cable Car 1933 | René Michaud PLM Ski Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo orange cable car gondolas rise above the Alpine peaks of Megève, rendered in the bold Art Deco style that defined French travel advertising of the 1930s. René Michaud's 1933 design for PLM depicts the revolutionary moment when cable car technology opened previously inaccessible mountain terrain to recreational skiing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommissioned to promote Megève's first téléphérique to Rochebrune, the poster represents a pivotal moment in Alpine tourism history. Michaud, who specialized in cable car illustration, uses the suspended gondolas as dynamic focal points, their cables creating perspective lines that guide the eye toward snow-capped peaks. The orange and cream palette balances mechanical modernity with Alpine serenity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster belongs to the influential period when French ski resorts commissioned leading graphic artists to create sophisticated travel advertising. Michaud's geometric treatment of the gondolas reflects the machine-age optimism of the early 1930s, when new technologies promised to democratize mountain leisure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced as an archival print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art Paper, depicting the subtle color gradations and crisp linework of Michaud's original lithographic design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Poster Archives","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":57353808675193,"sku":"26B-0099-A4","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":57353808707961,"sku":"26B-0099-A3","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2","offer_id":57353808740729,"sku":"26B-0099-A2","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70cm","offer_id":57353808773497,"sku":"26B-0099-50x70cm","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1","offer_id":57353808806265,"sku":"26B-0099-A1","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100cm","offer_id":57353808839033,"sku":"26B-0099-70x100cm","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0","offer_id":57353808871801,"sku":"26B-0099-A0","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1139\/4937\/files\/Sport-Skiing-PLM-Megeve-Rochebrune-Teleferique-Michaud-1933_6d81fe5b-117a-4023-bf7b-bdbf60449964.jpg?v=1780230636"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1139\/4937\/collections\/Normandie_Cassandre_1935.jpg?v=1780167703","url":"https:\/\/vintageposterarchives.com\/collections\/travel-tourism.oembed","provider":"Vintage Poster Archives","version":"1.0","type":"link"}