Anvers - New York by Red Star Line Navigation Company, Antwerp; Ferry line that moved millions of people to the 'new' countries of the United States and Canada; Belle Époque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco; Vintage advertising poster; "Les Maitres de l'Affiche"

Henri Cassiers, born August 11, 1858 in Antwerp and died 27 February 1944 in Brussels, is a Belgian illustrator and poster designer. Henri Cassiers studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and at academies in Brussels. He worked in various media and styles, oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and lithographies. He is best known for his commercial posters, created for shipping companies and resorts of the North Sea (Flanders and Zeeland). Cassiers illustrated a number of books by Jean d'Ardenne, including Notes of a tramp (1887) and several of its guides.