In his job promoting the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Railway, graphic artist Roger Broders (1883 – 1953), was pivotal to poster art’s initial wave in popularity. Defining vintage travel poster art of the 1920’s and early 1930’s, his distinctive, exuberant Art Deco style goes along with his ability to evoke the romance and nostalgia of travel. The contemporary resurgence in his work’s popularity is part of the vintage poster art boom, with his original works fetching over $5,000.

A hand-made lithograph is a print made by drawing with an oily substance on porous stone or metal plates. Oil-based ink applied to the moistened stone adheres only to the lines drawn. The plates are then pressed onto paper to produce the final print.