Artist: Roger Bezombes
Title: Air France, Merveilles de la terre
Medium: Original Lithograph, 1981
Dimensions: 39.5 x 23.75 in, 100.3 x 60.33 cm

All works in this series were first exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 1981, La Vie Autour du Monde premiered after almost a decade of controversy. Since the creation of Air France in 1933, never before had an artistic campaign suggested the pleasure and the art of flying rather than a destination. These bright, modern, and surrealist inspired posters were revolutionary, depicting concepts indicative of travel and indulgence such as gastronomy and liberty, exuberance and elegance.

Bezombes was a painter, sculptor, medalist, and designer. He studied in Paris, at the École des Beaux-Arts, and was much influenced by his friendship with Maurice Denis. He worked principally as a painter, adopting the saturated colors of Henri Matisse in landscapes and figure studies often based on observation of “exotic” cultures, notably Mediterranean and North African.

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