Monaco – Etienne Clerissi (c.1930–1938) | Vintage French Riviera Travel Poster
The Principality of Monaco in the 1930s was at the very pinnacle of European glamour — a tiny state perched above the Mediterranean, its casino, harbour, and hillside villas the backdrop for the most fashionable society in the world. Etienne Clérissi's travel poster for Monaco, created between 1930 and 1938, captures this world with the confident elegance of a golden age that knew exactly how beautiful it was.
Etienne Clérissi and the Art of the Travel Poster
Etienne Clérissi was one of the most gifted French travel poster artists of the interwar period, his work distinguished by a sophisticated sense of composition, a mastery of colour, and an ability to distil the essential character of a place into a single unforgettable image. His Monaco poster exemplifies these qualities: whatever the precise composition, it speaks the visual language of Mediterranean luxury and leisure that the great travel p...
