Jean Carlu (1900–1997) was a French graphic designer who specialized in posters. He came from a family of architects and studied to enter that profession. After an accident at the age of eighteen in which he lost his right arm, Carlu turned to graphic design. His early work reveals a fascination with the angular forms and spatial nuances of Cubism.
As Carlu’s work evolved over the next two decades, it continued to show a concern with the geometric shapes of Cubism, but this was manifested in very different ways. Carlu sought to create a symbolic language in which color, line, and content would represent emotional values. His work thus achieved a distinctive, streamlined economy of form, rarely incorporating narrative or illustrative elements.
Carlu was sent to America to prepare the French exhibition for the New York World's Fair in 1939 (which attracted a number of European émigrés) and remained in the United States until 1953. He became involved in advertising the war production drive, to which he contributed several prize winning posters. He designed advertising art for several American companies including the Container Corporation of America (for which Herbert Bayer also designed advertisement campaigns) and Pan American Airways. His work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art among other places. Upon his return to France, he continued work in advertising for clients such as Firestone and Air France. Between 1945 and 1965 he was president of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Carlu was a noted proponent of modern art in advertising, and was one of several European immigrants who helped introduce stylistic elements of modernist European poster art to the American advertising world.
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| Mouton Rothschild Identity 1924 |
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| Aquarium de Monaco 1926 |
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| Voyages Aériens. 1926 |
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| Pépa / Bonafé. Paris 1928 |
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| Larranaga Havana Cigars 1929 |
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| Théâtre Pigalle, 1929 |
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| Engagez Vous dans l’Armée Française 1930 |
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| Poster for the Union of Modern Artists 1931 |
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| Bénéfices pour les uns / Pour les autres la mort 1932 |
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| Journées d'Espérance 1932 |
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| L'Obole: Souscription Nationale 1932 |
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| La Republique 1933 |
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| L'Internationale Verte 1935 |
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| le Désarmement des Nations 1936 Référence au Bombardement de Guernica 1936 |
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| Journée Franco-Britannique 11-12 Nov. 1939 |
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| America open your eyes! 1941 |
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Give 'em Both Barrels 1941
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| Gift Packages for Hitler!, from the Early Series, 1942 |
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| Patriotic war poster 1942 |
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| Paperboard Saves Meta 1943 |
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| Entre le Marteau… et l'Enclume! 1944 |
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| Join A.R.P. 1944 |
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| Stop 'Em to Sell 'Em 1947 |
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Marseilles Pan American World Airways
Now Direct Clipper Gateway to Marseille 1949
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The Ultimate Goal 1949
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| Cinzano: Poster 1950 |
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| New rainbow service to all Europe/ Pan American World Airways 1952 |
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| Carribean by Clipper / Pan American Airways 1954 |
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| Pan American World Airways / Scandinavia by Clipper. 1954 |
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| Art ancien du perou 1956 |
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| Air France: Europe 1957 |
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| Air France 1958 |
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| Air France: France 1958 |
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| Indien, Air France 1959 |
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| Peugeot 1969 |
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| Gellé Frères 1980 |
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