1891, Rafael de Ochoa y Madrazo,
Orient-Express
Posters on luxurious travel around 1900
6 November, 2010 – 16 January, 2011
Deutsches Plakat Museum im Museum Folkwang
Museumsplatz 1
45128 Essen, Germany
On 5 June, 1883, the Train Express d’Orient (Paris-Constantinople) was the first complete luxury train which also had sleeping and dining cars, the beginning of a success story which continued, with breaks, until 1939. Even today the names of such trains stand for luxury and adventure, although, like the Orient–Express or the Transsiberian-Express, they haven’t been running for decades.
Advertising for the luxury trains demanded more than just putting up a timetable, as it was not the transport, but the experience which was sold. The exhibition shows about 30 posters of important trains around 1900 as well as about 20 made in the 1920s. The exhibition also shows around 20 posters of preferred destinations throughout Europe and the luxurious hotels there. The posters in the exhibition come from the collection Reisen in Luxus, Essen, with over 300 posters, which the Deutsche Plakat Museum in the Museum Folkwang has been housing as a permanent loan.
Please see Museum Folkwang, Werkgruppen for more pictures and info.
1889, Rafael de Ochoa y Madrazo
Nice Express
