Normandie - Deauville - Le Bar du Soleil
by Kees VAN DONGEN

Normandie - Deauville - Le Bar du Soleil

ItemNo:	0855
Medium:	Offset-Lithograph
Paper:	See notes
Paper Size:	39"x24.50"
Released:	1960
Signed:	Plate
Reference:	French Government
Ref. No:	100
Edition Size:	circa 2500
Price:	$200.00

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Offset printing is a commonly used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a flat (planographic) image carrier on which the image to be printed obtains ink from ink rollers, while the non-printing area attracts a water-based film (called "fountain solution"), keeping the non-printing areas ink-free. Development of the offset press came in two versions: in 1875 by Robert Barclay of England for printing on tin, and in 1903 by Ira Washington Rubel of the United States for printing on paper.

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MINISTERE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS ET DES TRANSPORTS. COMMISSARIAT GENERAL AU TOURISME. PRINTED IN FRANCE. PUBLISHED BY AND FOR THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. ED 60-81. PH. BRAUN. IMP. BRAUN ET CIE. MULHOUSE-PARIS. COPYRIGHT BY S.P.A.D.E.M. This vintage poster was published in the 1960's to promote travel to the Normandie Deauville area, which is a short train ride from Paris. The artist Kees Van Dongen was a well-known painter who created this image in his painting style. He uses French national colors of red, white, and blue in the image. He was a Dutch painter whose career took off after he exhibited in Paris in 1905 along with early work of Henri Matisse and others. At this time, both of these artists were part of the Fauvist movement, which was characterized by the use of bold, bright colors. This style was considered garish in the early 1900s, but is now considered an influential movement by art historians. This is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction.