FINE ART PRINTS & POSTERS
Vintage World Travel Posters
Percy Trompf Collection
Artists Biographies
Percival Albert (Percy) Trompf (1902-1964)
His posters for the Australian National Travel Association and the Victorian Government Railways received widespread recognition for their images from nature.
His bright, colorful, optimistic pictures had wide appeal, especially during the Depression.
Trompf supervised all stages of production, including the printing; most of his posters were 25 ins by 40 ins (64 cm by 102 cm).
In the 1930s his posters attracted attention overseas: the Royal Society of Arts, London, awarded him first prize in an annual industrial poster competition.
After World War II, as photographs gradually replaced graphic imagery, the demand for poster art fell.
In his late fifties Trompf was a graphic designer for books issued by the Australian Publicity Council.
Percy Trompf died 17 July 1964. His national and regional images captured the imagination of his contemporaries and found a renewed appreciation in the 1980s.
Australia - The Tallest Trees in the British Empire - Marysville, Victoria - Eucalyptus Forest
Percy Trompf
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Australia - In the Sun - Australian Sheep Herder - c. 1930
Percy Trompf
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Mt. Buffalo National Park - Victoria, Australia - Take a Kodak - Victorian Railways - c. 1930
Percy Trompf
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Banff Springs Hotel - Canadian Rockies - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1930's
Percy Trompf
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Melbourne, Victoria Australia - Seventh City of the Empire - c. 1940
Percy Trompf
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Mount Stephen, British Columbia - Home via Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1930's
Percy Trompf
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