Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec vs. Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg
Looking through our graphic design book I was most interested in the work done by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec a French artist and designer from the late 19th century and the Stenberg brothers Vladimir and Georgii Russian designers from the 1920s-1930s. I like them because even though they were from different time periods their style of work was different but at the same time very similar, also the topic in which they based their work was very similar; Toulouse designed some of his work for the Moulin Rouge night club in Paris. While the Stenberg brothers designed posters for the cinemas in what was at the time Soviet Russia. While they may be two very different things both a cinema and a night club were places for people to congregate and have a good time.
I looked specifically at Toulouse’s “La Goulue” and the Stenberg brothers “Poster for Man with a movie camera”, I found them interesting because while they are from two different time periods and of a different composition style they at a base level share the same artistic style. Both pieces have this cut out look to them, that invokes a sort of collage feel. As well they both use very simple and vibrant colors, the primary colors, but while they look the same and share a similar topic they are uniquely different, Toulouse’s has a more artistic feel and the Stenberg Brothers as with the Constructionist movement has a more dynamic and purposeful image.
