Andre Planson - original lithographic travel poster

Original vintage railway travel poster from 1957, made for France Provence exhibited in the streets of France to promote travel to that region. Issued by the state owned French national railways, SNCF (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais). Features colorful artwork by the painter Andre Planson depicting a view of a market town square, capturing the very essence of a dreamlike tourist destination

André Planson's connection to Provence represents a vibrant chapter in the career of this prominent 20th-century French painter (1898–1981). Planson was a leading figure of the Peintres de la Réalité Poétique (Painters of Poetic Reality), a group of French artists who rejected abstraction after World War II in favor of figurative art infused with light, emotion, and visual poetry.

Framed with a hand painted rust-red frame

H 103 x W 76 cm.