Illustrators


Mucha
Souvenir of the Belle Jardinière shop
Nantes branch

Among all illustrators, Alphonse Mucha is certainly the most famous and collected.

Generally speaking, illustrators postcards should always be bought perfectly clean and not even written. Any defect would considerably reduce the price of such postcards


Such a postcards could also be interested for Nantes' postcards collection.


Mucha
Belle Jardinière

Mucha
Champaign Moët & Chandon

Collection des Cent N°16
E. Grasset

Some collectors are specialized in only one artist, Mucha for instance, but it is also interesting to diversify.

Many famous series were edited around 1900, showing different artists. 

"la Collection des Cent" (the Collection of the 100) is one of these series. Mucha, but also Grasset, Caran d'Ache, Capiello and many others are part of the 100.

Among the other famous series: Cocorico, Job...


chidren of Alsace - Hansi

Sometimes, the illustrator remains associated with one region. Hansi (Jean Jacques Waltz) is one of them. 

His typical portraits of Alsatian children remain very well known.


chidren of Alsace - Hansi
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27 July 2001