Boucher, Lucien
Lucien Boucher (1889 - 1971) was French cartoonist, artist, writer, and illustrator. Boucher was born in Chartres in 1889 and graduated from the École de Céramique de Sèvres. His work as a cartoonist appeared in the humorous weekly Le Rire. Starting in the 1920s he produced numerous pictorial posters inspired by the commercial promise of surrealism. Among them were a series of surrealistic planispheric and celestial maps drawn to illustrate the transportation networks of Air France.
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Air France Réseau Aérien Mondial.
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This is a 1937 Lucien Boucher pictorial art-deco map of the world promoting the global routes of Air France. It is one of a sereis of iconic maps Boucher issued at the dawn of the Air Age. (more details)
Old modes of transportation against air travel just before World War II.
Air France. 'Nova et Vetera' sur la Vieille Terre des Chemins Nouveaux.
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This is a 1939 Lucien Boucher Air France pictorial map of the world on the eve of World War II. Created during an era when air travel was still relatively new, Boucher contrasts earlier modes of transportation with aviation. People from around the world travel via carriage, on horseback, and foot, and rarely venture far from their homes. Boucher's map traces Air France's routes across Europe, Africa, South America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, from Paris to Hong Kong, highlighting the 'ease' with which travelers could visit parts of the world that had previously felt inaccessible. The colorful vignettes of ships dotted across the world's oceans provide an even starker contrast, mainly when set against the massive silhouette of an airplane along the top border. (more details)
Surrealist embodiment of the golden age of air travel.
Air France.
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This is Lucien Boucher's iconic c. 1950 double hemisphere celestial map drawn to promote Air France, here in a scarce large format edition. Boucher's work for Air France is considered an embodiment of the golden age of air travel. In a surrealistic style, Boucher illustrates the constellations as seen from the northern and southern hemispheres. The constellations of the Zodiac are highlighted in gold and orange. Taurus is missing from this group, as it is obscured by the Earth. Rendered in tones of burnt orange, a spider work of Air France routes appears over the Earth. Wind heads decorate each corner. Here the airplane is master not just of the sky, but the whole universe, connecting the passenger not merely to earthly destinations, but to the heavenly spheres themselves. (more details)
Constellations from the Golden Age of Air Travel.
The finest of Lucien Boucher's iconic maps drawn for Air France, this is a 1951 medium-format edition of his beautiful double hemisphere pictorial map of the constellations. Boucher's work for Air France is considered an embodiment of the golden age of air travel. (more details)
Unrecorded state of an iconic Boucher Air France pictorial map.
Air France. Sur les Ailes d'Air France Decouvrez le Monde a Votre Tour.
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This is a 1952 Lucien Boucher promotional Air France map of the world, presented here in an unrecorded state, possibly in a proof state. (more details)
Remarkable mid-century modern promotional maps for Air France.
Air France. Sur les Ailes d'Air France Decouvrez le Monde a Votre Tour.
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One of Lucien Boucher's more iconic images, this is his c. 1952 promotional map of the world of Air France in its large format edition. Boucher utilizes a beautiful double hemisphere projection, shading the continents in a rich blue. Air France routes (highlighted in red) crisscross the globe, connecting world capitals and shrinking travel times. A Lockheed Constellation appears just east of Florida over the Atlantic, its iconic triple-tail recognizable. Neptune sits astride a sea monster in the center of the Pacific ,and a whale surfaces off the coast of Japan. Sailing ships are illustrated in the oceans, and another sea monster swims southeast of Madagascar. The surround, on a field of burgundy, features illustrations of global historic events, flora, fauna, and cultures, all in a mid-century modern aesthetic. (more details)