Opening The Atlas
The next picture is on its way.
A World Of Posters
Every school has its own way of catching the eye. Choose a place to begin.
The American Wing
Art for the public, by the public’s artists — and the half-century of American posters that came before it.
171 published prints · 1893–1943
The French Wing
The Belle Époque — the school where the poster became art.
185 published prints · 1891–1930
The Japanese Wing
The Government Railways, the NYK Line, and the modern journey, sold as image.
11 published prints · 1910–1930
The Soviet Wing
The books, the goods, the argument — not the regime.
17 published prints · 1919–1929
The Polish Wing
Kraków’s own line — not filed under anyone else’s history.
3 published prints · 1897–1930
The Egyptian Wing
Nile steamers, grand hotels, and the deco Egyptomania of 1922.
1 published prints · 1900–1930 (deepens every January)
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The Chinese Wing
The calendar poster — art a household kept all year.
0 published prints · 1914–1930 (deepens every January)
The Shallow Shelf
Vienna, Italy, Britain, the Bauhaus, Mexico — a first shelf, not a last word.
115 published prints · 1897–1930
War & Country
The posters that sent a country to war, and the ones that kept it fed, quiet and paying for it.
551 published prints · 1861–1945