: International Poster Gallery will celebrate its tenth anniversary
with an exhibition featuring poster bests from every decade since
the art form's first flowering in the Belle Epoque.
"Decade's Best," assembled from the gallery's holdings, recently
augmented by the purchase of two major collections, will open
Saturday, May 15, and run through September 6. A gala preview
party will be Friday, May 14, at 6 pm.
Two talks are scheduled. "Then and Now - How the Poster Market
has Changed in the Past Ten Years," at 6 pm on Thursday, May 20.
and "Decorating with Posters - Dos and Don'ts" at 6 pm on
Wednesday, May 26.
Regular gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm, and
Sunday, noon to 6 pm. The gallery is at 205 Newbury Street.
The exhibition includes classics from the decade of the 1890s,
which is often called the "Golden Age of the Poster." Along with
timeless images from Steinlen, Mucha and Toulouse-Lautrec, there
will be travel posters by Hugo D'Alesi and numerous miniature
plates from the "Maitres de l'Affiche," or "Masters of the
Poster."
Another highlight of the show, which harks back to the gallery's
exhibition of Italian posters, is Giuseppe Riccobaldi's 1935
moonlit poster for Fiat's new model 1500. The postwar section
will be dominated by the contributions of the Swiss, who became
the world leaders in graphic design, while the fifties will be
dominated by the relaxed humor of Herbert Leupin in Switzerland,
Raymond Savignac in France and Paul Rand in the United States.
The show concludes with several selections from the sixties to
today from Milton Glaser, David Klein, Wolfgang Weingart,
Rosemarie Tissi and Ralph Schraivogel.
For information, 617-375-0076 or www.international
poster.com.
