Travel Poster Greece Air France Airline

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Greece, and issued by Air France. The poster features an expressionist painting of a Greek column and the Acropolis of Athens, by the French abstract painter Georges Mathieu. The artist is considered one of the fathers of European lyrical abstraction, a trend of informalism. Mathieu has been commissioned several advertising campaigns. In 1966 the airlines company Air France ordered Mathieu a series of posters for an advertising campaign. The series featured paintings evocative of some major destinations (New York, Brazil, Japan, Germany...), all in the style of lyrical abstraction, pointed out for the graphical coherence between the countries and their representation. Good condition, creasing on edges, staining, paper loss on the bottom left corner. Country of issue: France, designer: Georges Mathieu, size (cm): 100x60, year of printing: 1960s