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This is a list of poster artists.

Historic poster artists

* The Beggarstaffs, active 1893–1899 *

Róbert Berény Róbert Berény (18 March 1887 – 10 September 1953) was a Hungarian painter, one of the ''avant-garde'' group known as The Eight who introduced cubism and expressionism to Hungarian art in the early twentieth century before the First World W ...

(1887–1954) * Gino Boccasile (1901–1952) *

Sándor Bortnyik Sándor Bortnyik (July 3, 1893 – December 31, 1976) was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer. His work was greatly influenced by Cubism, Expressionism and Constructivism. Life He moved to Weimar in 1922 and was connected to the Bau ...

(1893–1976) *

Firmin Bouisset Firmin Bouisset (2 September 1859 – 19 March 1925) was a French painter, poster artist and printmaker. Early life He was born on 2 September 1859 in the town of Moissac in the Tarn-et-Garonne département in southwestern France. As an artis ...

(1859–1925) *

Leonetto Cappiello Leonetto Cappiello (9 April 1875 – 2 February 1942) was an Italian and French poster art designer and painter, who mainly lived and worked in Paris.

(1875–1942) *

Jean Carlu Jean Carlu ( Bonnières-sur-Seine, France, 1900–1997) was a French graphic designer who specialised in posters. He was a member of a family of architects; his brother Jacques Carlu for example designed the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. He made pos ...

(1900–1997) *

Adolphe Mouron Cassandre Cassandre, pseudonym of Adolphe Jean-Marie MouronNotice d'autorité personne ...

(1901–1968) * Angelo Cesselon (1922–1992) *

Jules Chéret Jules Chéret (31 May 1836 – 23 September 1932) was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of ''Belle Époque'' poster art. He has been called the father of the modern poster. Early life and career Born in Paris to a poor but ...

(1836–1932) * Paul Colin (1892–1985) *

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in th ...

(1864–1901) *

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(1893–1946) *

Tom Eckersley Tom Eckersley (30 September 1914 – 4 August 1997) was an English poster artist and teacher of design. Early career Tom Eckersley was born on 30 September 1914 in Lancashire. His artistic training began in 1930 when he enrolled at Salford ...

(1914–1995) *

Hans Rudi Erdt Hans Rudi Erdt (31 March 1883 – 24 May 1918) was a German graphic designer, lithographer and commercial artist known for his contributions to the Sachplakat movement created by Lucian Bernhard. His work at the prestigious '' Hollerbaum und Sc ...

(1883–1918) *

Boris Efimov Boris Yefimovich Yefimov (russian: Бори́с Ефи́мович Ефи́мов; ,The birth record of Boris Fridlyand (Boris Yefimov) in the metric book of the Kiev rabbinate for 1900 ( ЦГИАК Украины. Ф. 1164. Оп. 1. Д. 454. Л. ...

(1900–2008) * Jean Michel Folon (1934–2005) * John Gilroy (1898–1985) *

Eugène Grasset Eugène Samuel Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Époque. He is considered a pioneer in Art Nouveau design. Biography G ...

(1845–1917) *

Tadeusz Gronowski Tadeusz Lucjan Gronowski (5 October 1894 in Warsaw–20 February 1990 in Warsaw) was a Polish graphic artist, architect who worked as an interior designer, painter, and a book illustrator. He is considered to be one of the creators of the ...

(1894–1990) *

Albert Guillaume Albert Guillaume (14 February 1873 – 10 August 1942) was a French painter and caricaturist. Born in Paris, France, Albert Guillaume became a leading caricaturist during the Belle Époque. While remembered for his poster art, Guillaume also di ...

(1873–1942) * Ludwig Hohlwein (1874–1949) *

Georgy Kovenchuk Gaga (Georgy Vasilyevich) Kovenchuk ( rus, Гага (Георгий Васильевич) Ковенчук; 2 December 1933 — 3 February 2015). Soviet and Russian artist and writer. Gaga was an artist, painter, graphic artist, book artist and p ...

(1933–2015) *

Gustav Klutsis Gustav Klutsis ( lv, Gustavs Klucis, russian: Густав Густавович Клуцис; 4 January 1895 – 26 February 1938) was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th centur ...

(1895–1938) * Privat Livemont (1861–1936) *

Achille Mauzan Achille Lucien Mauzan (1883, in Gap, Hautes-Alpes – 1952, in Gap) was born on the French Riviera, but moved to Italy in 1905, known as a decorative illustrator designing during the Art Deco movement, though he also painted and sculpted. Aft ...

(1883–1952) *

Dmitry Moor D. Moor (russian: link=no, Д. Моор) was the professional name of Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov (russian: link=no, Дмитрий Стахиевич Орлов, 3 November 1883 in Novocherkassk; † 24 October 1946 in Moscow), a Russian artist n ...

(1883–1946) *

Alfons Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decora ...

(1860–1939) * Frank Newbould (1887–1951) *

Raymond Savignac Raymond Savignac, often just abbreviated to "Savignac", was a French graphic artist famous for his commercial posters. He was born on November 6, 1907 in Paris, and died on October 30, 2002 in Trouville-sur-Mer (Calvados), aged 94. His work is d ...

(1907–2002) * Galina Shubina (1902–1980) *

Franciszek Starowieyski Franciszek Andrzej Bobola Biberstein-Starowieyski (8 July 1930 in Bratkówka – 23 February 2009 in Warsaw) was a Polish artist. From 1949 to 1955, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Warsaw. He specialized in poster, drawing ...

(1930–2009) *

Théophile Steinlen Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 – December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. Biography Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Steinlen studied at the University of Lausanne before taking a job ...

(1859–1923) * Henryk Tomaszewski (1914–2005) * B.A. Uspensky (1927–2005) * Heinz Traimer (1921–2002)

Modern poster artists

* Reza Abedini * Beautiful Angle * Michel Bouvet *

Syd Brak Syd Brak was a London-based illustrator. He is particularly recognized for his top selling poster ''Long Distance Kiss''. Early career In the mid-1970s, Syd was awarded the 'gold award' for design and illustration in Johannesburg South Africa by ...

* Pola Brändle *

Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast (born August 18, 1931) is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer. Biography Chwast was born in the Bronx, New York City and in 1949 graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn where he was int ...

Warren Dayton Warren Dayton is an American illustrator, artist and graphic designer best known for his posters from psychedelic art era, a pioneer of the use of T-shirts as an art medium, creator of corporate branding & logos such as Thomas Kinkade’s Lightpo ...

Shepard Fairey Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. In 1989 he designed the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campai ...

* Jim Fitzpatrick *

Shigeo Fukuda was a sculptor, medallist, graphic artist and poster designer who created optical illusions. His art pieces usually portray deception, such as ''Lunch With a Helmet On'', a sculpture created entirely from forks, knives, and spoons, that cas ...

Jean-Michel Folon Jean-Michel Folon (1 March 1934 – 20 October 2005) was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. Early life Folon was born on 1 March 1934 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium in 1934. He studied architecture at the Institut Saint-Luc. C ...

André François André François (9 November 1915 – 11 April 2005), born André Farkas, was a Hungarian-born French cartoonist. Life He was born in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timișoara, Romania), He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest ( ...

* Erick Ginard *

Milton Glaser Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer. His most notable designs include the I Love New York logo, a 1966 poster for Bob Dylan, and the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University and Brooklyn Brewery. In 195 ...

David Lance Goines David Lance Goines (born 1945) is an American artist, calligrapher, typographer, printing entrepreneur, and author. He was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, the oldest of eight children. His father was a civil engineer and his mother a calligrapher and ...

* Smear (Cristian Gheorghiu) *

Fons Hickmann Fons Hickmann (born 1966) is a German graphic designer and professor of Communication Design at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is the founder and director of the design studio Fons Hickmann m23. Life and career Hickmann was born in the ...

Istvan Horkay István Horkay (born December 25, 1945, in Budapest) is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, digital artist, member of the HEAAVimeo">Vimeobr>Museum Factory- Horkay's website The Little Marmaidwork with Peter Greenaway Posters {{DEFAULTSORT: ...

* Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. * Dóra Keresztes *

Jan Lenica Jan Lenica (4 January 1928, Poznań, Poland – 5 October 2001, Berlin) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist. A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the e ...

Stanley Mouse Stanley George Miller (born October 10, 1940), better known as Mouse or Stanley Mouse, is an American artist who is notable for his 1960s psychedelic rock concert poster designs and album covers for the Grateful Dead, Journey, and other bands. P ...

István Orosz István Orosz (born 24 October 1951) is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director. He is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphos ...

Rafal Olbinski Rafal may refer to: People * Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski (born 1969), British experimental physicist * Rafal Kiernicki (1912–1995), Roman Catholic prelate from Ukraine * Rafal Korc (born 1982), Polish Paralympic athlete Places *Rafal, Alican ...

David Plunkert David Plunkert is an American illustrator and graphic designer based in Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known for his editorial illustrations and theater posters. His illustrations are highly conceptual, in two styles, Dada influenced collage an ...

* Zbigniew Rabsztyn *

Favianna Rodriguez Favianna Rodriguez (born September 26, 1978) is an American artist and activist. She has self-identified as queer and Latina with Afro-Peruvian roots. Rodriguez began as a political poster designer in the 1990s in the struggle for racial justic ...

Wiesław Rosocha Wiesław Rosocha (16 September 1945 in Sokołów Podlaski, Poland – 15 March 2020 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish illustrator and graphic designer. Rosocha attended Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 1969 to 1974. Major awards *1981 - Specia ...

Wiktor Sadowski Wiktor Sadowski is a Polish artist working in poster, illustration and painting. He was born in Oleandry, Poland in 1956. He graduated in 1981 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in Tomaszewski's studio. Major awards *1984 - Gold Medal, IX/X I ...

Mehdi Saeedi Mehdi Saeedi ( fa, مهدی سعیدی , born in Tehran), is an Iranian-born artist and designer based in Philadelphia and he is a part-time faculty of graphic design at the Towson University in Maryland, United States. His aesthetics have beco ...

* Jan Sawka * Todd Slater * Waldemar Świerzy * Piotr Szyhalski *

David Tartakover David Tartakover (דוד טרטקובר) (born 1944) is an Israeli graphic designer, political activist, artist and design educator. Biography David Tartakover was born in Haifa in 1944. His father, Dr. Jacob Tartakover, was a lawyer. His mot ...

Niklaus Troxler Niklaus Troxler (born May 1, 1947) is a Swiss graphic designer. He was the organizer of the Willisau Jazz Festival from 1975 to 2009. Biography Troxler studied graphic design at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He worked as an ...

* Jefferson Wood * Ames Bros * T-Bone & Aljax

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