Following my recent posting: Train excursion to the Touraine ~ poster by Gustave Fraipont, 1893, below is a further selection of Touraine Region railway posters dated between 1896-1910.
Here’s a little background on identified artists:
Hugo “d'” Alési (1849-1906). Had a number of aliases: Friedrich Hugo Alési; Friedrich Hugo Alessi; Hugo “d'” Alessi; Hugo D’Alesi. Born in Rumania he was a painter and a graphic designer who created a large number of tourist posters for the railway companies of the nineteenth century. He also produced posters for shipping companies and car manufacturers.
Louis Tauzin (1842-1915), was a landscape painter and lithographer. He was a student of the Municipal School of Bordeaux.
Théophile Poilpot, (1848-1915) was a noted and French military artist famous for his panoramic battle scenes.
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- Théophile Poilpot – Chemin de Fer d’Orléans. Touraine, Loches 1906
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- Théophile Poilpot – Chemin de Fer d’Orléans – Les Bords de la Loire Chateau de Chaumont 1904
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- Théophile Poilpot
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- Louis Tauzin – Chemin de fer d’Orléans – Château de Chambord – 1910
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- F. Hugo d’Alési – Chemins de Fer d’Orléans . Chateau de Valencay. Touraine et Berry.
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- F. Hugo d’Alési – Chemins de fer d’Orléans – Touraine et Berry – Atelier H. d’Alési, 10, rue Bréguet, Paris -1896
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- Artist unknown – Chemin de fer français d’Orléans et du Midi, Touraine, Bretagne, Auvergne, Pyrénées -1902
