Dr Anthony Kelly http://akelly.info/index.php comes to talk to AbbPast about the Art of the Travel Poster.

The growth of holiday and leisure travel stimulated a profusion of artistic talent and creativity, resulting in a remarkable range of posters, from traditional Romantic landscapes and seaside images to radical new designs inspired by movements such as art deco, modernism and futurism.

Dramatic images of train and air travel became the epitome of modernity, offering stunning visions of excitement, fantasy and escapism.

Besides their charm and sheer joie de vivre, today the posters are appreciated as outstanding examples of art and design, and also as fascinating insights into contemporary behaviour, culture and social attitudes, especially regarding ‘Britishness’ and responses to Continental influences.