Description
Vintage Railroad Travel Poster
LLOYD RAPIDE
MARSEILLE
DEN HAAG (The Hague)
SNELSTE VERBINDING NAAR HOLLAND (Fastest Connection To Holland)
ALTIJD AANSLUITEND OP DE MAILSCHEPEN (Always Connecting To The Mail Ships)
ROTTERDAMSCHE LLOYD
This is a reproduction of a famous Art Deco vintage travel poster created by the Dutch artist Machiel Wilmink in 1927.
Poster Details
Artist: Machiel Wilmink (1894-1963), a Dutch graphic designer and advertising executive.
Year: 1927.
Client: The Rotterdamsche Lloyd company.
Destination: The poster advertises the "Lloyd Rapide" connection from Marseille to The Hague, which was the fastest connection to Holland, designed to consistently connect with the company's mail ships heading to the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia).
Style: It is considered one of the most famous Art Deco railway posters ever produced, known for its dynamic lines and sense of speed and glamour.
The "Rotterdamsche Lloyd" was a prominent Dutch shipping company that operated passenger and mail services between Europe and colonial Indonesia. This poster visually represents the efficiency of their integrated rail and sea network.
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LLOYD RAPIDE
MARSEILLE
DEN HAAG (The Hague)
SNELSTE VERBINDING NAAR HOLLAND (Fastest Connection To Holland)
ALTIJD AANSLUITEND OP DE MAILSCHEPEN (Always Connecting To The Mail Ships)
ROTTERDAMSCHE LLOYD
This is a reproduction of a famous Art Deco vintage travel poster created by the Dutch artist Machiel Wilmink in 1927.
Poster Details
Artist: Machiel Wilmink (1894-1963), a Dutch graphic designer and advertising executive.
Year: 1927.
Client: The Rotterdamsche Lloyd company.
Destination: The poster advertises the "Lloyd Rapide" connection from Marseille to The Hague, which was the fastest connection to Holland, designed to consistently connect with the company's mail ships heading to the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia).
Style: It is considered one of the most famous Art Deco railway posters ever produced, known for its dynamic lines and sense of speed and glamour.
The "Rotterdamsche Lloyd" was a prominent Dutch shipping company that operated passenger and mail services between Europe and colonial Indonesia. This poster visually represents the efficiency of their integrated rail and sea network.
