''The Last Vacation'', 1948 - art by Boris Grinsson is a mixed media by Movie World Posters which was uploaded on January 23rd, 2022.
''The Last Vacation'', 1948 - art by Boris Grinsson
A vintage French movie poster of ''The Last Vacation'', a film released in 1948 and directed by Roger Leenhardt, revolves around a nostalgic theme.... more
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''The Last Vacation'', 1948 - art by Boris Grinsson
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Movie World Posters
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Mixed Media - Vintage Movie Poster
Description
A vintage French movie poster of ''The Last Vacation'', a film released in 1948 and directed by Roger Leenhardt, revolves around a nostalgic theme. It portrays a schoolboy reminiscing about his final holiday spent in the large family house in the countryside before it was sold. The narrative centers around an extended family gathering annually at their family home in the countryside to vacation and plant a tree in memory of their patriarch. During this particular vacation, the adults contemplate selling the estate, a decision that displeases the children. They respond by planning a "revolution" in their own childlike manner. Additionally, the film delves into the "coming of age" struggles of the two oldest children in the family.
About the artist:
Boris Grinsson (1907, Pskov, Russia, - 1999, Paris) was a designer of Russian origin who lived and worked in France. For about 30 years of his career, from the 1940s to the 1970s, he painted more than 2000 posters for the French cinema circuit, becoming extremely popular among film directors.
After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Estonia, where the family moved to escape the Russian Revolution, the artist reached Berlin and enrolled in Decorative Arts. Grinsson immediately started working in cinema at the UFA studios in Balberg and soon began designing posters for the Paramount and MGM. He worked among the many directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Billy Wilder, Alain Resnais, and Luchino Visconti.
His designs were also particularly controversial. In 1932 he drew a polemic caricature of Adolf Hitler. As a result, he was forced to move to Paris to escape the Nazi regime. Nevertheless, he continued to create the French versions of many famous movie posters in France.
Grinsson’s painting style for posters is characterized by his peculiar treatment of colors. If compared with the style of Italian designers, for example, his portraits appear somewhat schematic. Rather than using strong contrasts between light and shadow, Grinsson
modulated his figures with bold flat planes of colors and cool and defined outlines.
His posters often look like works of modern art rather than traditional sketches. Even the color palette is somewhat restricted, preferring different shades of yellows, greens, blues. However, the chromatic and formal restriction of Grinsson’s style is not to be seen as a limitation but as a legacy of the lithography technique that dominated German design until the early 1960s. A historical and peculiar element that distinguishes its very different and endless production.
Search “Grinsson” to see more of his art.
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January 23rd, 2022
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