The Art of the Airways

Geza Szurovy

Airline posters have been luring travelers ever since the world’s first airline – the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line – pasted up its modest announcement in 1914 offering “fast passenger and express service” between the two cities. Much more extravagant posters would soon follow as other, more enduring airlines extended their reach across the world. The poster was the most powerful visual advertising medium before the age of color television and glossy consumer magazines.
The Art of the Airways brings together a collection of over 170 beautiful full-color airline posters providing a stunning visual record of airline history created by artists such as P.G. Lawler, E. McKnight Kauffer, A.M. Cassandre, Villemot, Jean Carlu, Nathan, and David Klein. Featured are posters from Air France, TWA, Lufthansa, Imperial Airways, KLM, Pan Am, and American Airlines, as well as many other airlines including Air Union, Air Orient, Air Afrique, Sabena, Swissair, Mexicana, Caribair, Icelandic, British United, Braniff International, and Aeropostale.

status	Copy #1 (23566): in
genre	Art » Art History
publisher	MBI Publishing Company
publish date	2002
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