Date: 1981
Size: 16 x 22.5 inches
Artist: Pignon, Edouard
About The Poster: This poster features a painting by French artist Eduard Pignon to advertise an exhibition of his works at Musée de la Poste in Paris.
Edouard Pignon (1905-1993) was a french painter and graphic artist. From his humble beginnings as a miner's son, he too worked as a miner before moving to Paris in 1925. Working a variety of jobs in factories for Citroen and Renault, he trained in painting at École du Montparnasse, at the advice of his friend Pablo Picasso. He joined the National Labour union and became involved with the Indélicates, creating and publishing an anarchist magazine, and later joined the French Communist Party. He remained politically active after the German invasion of France, actively opposing Nazi occupation and resisting the notion of "degenerate" modernist art through his work.
His work was characterized by bold shapes and colors, in the post-cubist figurative style. He often worked in thematic series, such as miners, olive trees, divers, often depicting the life of working people, to capture movement, conflict, and human condition.
This exhibition poster is in excellent condition and was printed in Paris by the famed printer Mourlot.
