Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration at Sarasota Art Museum

Art Deco Exhibition at Sarasota Art Museum

• 💡 The Sarasota Art Museum is hosting an exhibition titled "Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration," celebrating the Art Deco movement.
• 🎯 The exhibition features 100 rare advertising posters from the 1920s, showcasing the rise of the Art Deco art form.

The Art Deco Style

• 🎨 Art Deco, a blend of fine and commercial art, took the world by storm in the 1920s.
• ✨ The posters, created about 100 years ago, are described as fresh, contemporary, and visual masterpieces.
• 🚀 The style is characterized by beautiful streamlines and bright colors.

Advertising and Consumer Culture

• 📣 These posters were created to announce public services and advertise various products during the rise of mass consumer culture.
• 🖼️ Many posters in the exhibition are the only known copies and have never been seen before.
• 🌟 The exhibition highlights iconic pieces of advertising, with designs that look like they could have been produced yesterday.

A Collector's Passion

• 🤝 The exhibition is made possible by an incredible collector in Sarasota who has been collecting Art Deco posters for about 35 years.
• 💼 The collector, who worked in advertising, sees these posters as iconic pieces of that industry.

Featured Poster Example

• 🚇 A specific example highlighted is a British Underground poster for