Continuing on our theme of movie posters from each decade here are a selection of posters form the 50’s.

In the early 1950s Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning were enormously influential. Pop Art used the iconography of television, photography, comics, cinema and advertising. With its roots in dadaism, it started to take form towards the end of the 1950s when some European artists started to make the symbols and products of the world of advertising and propaganda the main subject ...]]>

Continuing on our theme of movie posters from each decade here are a selection of posters form the 50’s.

In the early 1950s Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning were enormously influential. Pop Art used the iconography of television, photography, comics, cinema and advertising. With its roots in dadaism, it started to take form towards the end of the 1950s when some European artists started to make the symbols and products of the world of advertising and propaganda the main subject of their artistic work. This return of figurative art, in opposition to the abstract expressionism that dominated the aesthetic scene since the end of World War II was dominated by Great Britain until the early 1960s when Andy Warhol, the most known artist of this movement began to show Pop Art in galleries in the United States.

We’ll probably only show 1940′s then be back to the digital stuff , hopefully with last weeks 60 Awe-Inspiring 60’s Movie Posters and the others like 52 Eye Catching 70’s Movie Posters you’ll have a much better insight into each decades style. We’ll aim to get some film poster tutorials made over February and incorporate the image styles shown here.

Once again here is another decade’s film posters, this time the 1960′s. What is truly awe inspiring about these posters is they are all originally drawn and painted by hand, no Illustrator or Photoshop here. Tomorrow there will  be a tutorial and next week we’ll continue this movie poster series.

The great Escape poster is a classic build up leading to a sense of wonder and ‘I have to see this film now ‘ feeling.

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Once again here is another decade’s film posters, this time the 1960′s. What is truly awe inspiring about these posters is they are all originally drawn and painted by hand, no Illustrator or Photoshop here. Tomorrow there will  be a tutorial and next week we’ll continue this movie poster series.

The great Escape poster is a classic build up leading to a sense of wonder and ‘I have to see this film now ‘ feeling.

If you liked this you’ll probably enjoy Monday’s post 62 Must See 80’s Movie Posters & Wednesday’s 52 Eye Catching 70’s Movie Posters

As promised here is another selection of awesome movie posters. This time from the 1970’s. This time I’m still amazed Alien was made in 1979 thats a few years after Towering Inferno and a year after the original Superman and it still looks like it could be a modern sci- fi film.

If you liked this you’ll probably enjoy Monday’s post 62 Must See 80’s Movie Posters

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As promised here is another selection of awesome movie posters. This time from the 1970’s. This time I’m still amazed Alien was made in 1979 thats a few years after Towering Inferno and a year after the original Superman and it still looks like it could be a modern sci- fi film.

If you liked this you’ll probably enjoy Monday’s post 62 Must See 80’s Movie Posters

Movie poster art is everywhere. It is designed to leave a mark in the 2-3 seconds you see them on the subway escalator, walking down the road and driving round.

Here are a collection of movie posters from the 1980’s; it’s amazing to think some of these films came out 30 years ago. Of course looking back, the entire films atmosphere can be summed up in a single image, reinforcing its effect.

There were a lot of films made in the 80’s ...]]>

Movie poster art is everywhere. It is designed to leave a mark in the 2-3 seconds you see them on the subway escalator, walking down the road and driving round.

Here are a collection of movie posters from the 1980’s; it’s amazing to think some of these films came out 30 years ago. Of course looking back, the entire films atmosphere can be summed up in a single image, reinforcing its effect.

There were a lot of films made in the 80’s so this is probably going to be part one of a series.