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> designinform > € Design Abstracts Retrospective > € Design ProFILES > € ReVIEW > € designinform Research Guides > > > > > A new addition to the ReVIEW digital library: > > > The Poster vols 1-6, nos.1-33, 1898-1901 > > > > Hi > > Now exceptionally rare, The Poster was the most important journal in English > devoted to the art of the poster. In addition to containing over 3,000 images > (several in colour), it includes interviews with and profiles of many of the > leading names in poster design including Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Alphonse > Mucha, Ethel Reed, Maxfield Parrish, Paul Berthon, Will Bradley, Arpad Basch, > Jules Chéret, Jack B. Yeats, Aubrey Beardsley, the Beggarstaff Brothers, etc. > > It also includes articles on poster art in Russia, Italy, France, Germany, > Spain, Japan, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, the Netherlands, Great > Britain, the USA, etc., as well as articles on specific aspects of the poster > including bicycle posters, political posters, railroad posters, theatre > posters, the poster as a mirrow of life, plagiarism in poster design, posters > for incandescent gas mantles, symbolism in advertising, etc. > > In its final year (volume 6) the title was expanded to The Poster and Art > Collector, and it began to include articles on related aspects of art icluding > the design of magazine covers, book covers, bookbinding (e.g. a long article > on the Guild of Women Binders), pictorial postcards, playbills, and theatrical > caricatures > > Because The Poster was never indexed and because files of the magazine are are > so scarce, these articles are little known or documented. > > In order to enhance the value of the digitization, we have classified the > posters by subject and type. We have also researched biographical details of > all the artists whose work is reproduced, giving their full name, dates, > nationality, etc. In addition we have added over 1,200 links to web sites > containing further information about the artists and examples of their work. > We intend to add biographical information and web links to all future titles > digitized for designinform ReVIEW. > > Best wishes > > Chris > > Chris Mees > Editor designinform > Design Research Publications . Poundsford . Vicarage Lane . Burwash . East > Sussex . England TN19 7JS > > T: +44 1435 883950 > E: [log in to unmask] > W: http://www.designinform.co.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~