Raymond Savignac (1907-2002) has been referred to as the last of the great French poster artists. Indeed, he has produced advertising designs for classic French brands such as Air France, Cinzano, Citroën, Gitanes, Le Figaro and Perrier. Also, companies including Band Aid, Bic pens, Dunlop, Life Magazine and Pepsi-Cola. He even designed a wine bottle label for the Mouton Rothschild vineyard – you don’t get much more French than that!
You can purchase reproduction prints of his designs from art.com and vintage & brand-new ones on Etsy.
He had a long and prolific career – producing over 600 designs and working well into his 90s.
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