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Aquatic & Beach

The beach and the sea have been reliable subjects for commercial illustration since the late 19th century, when railways and steamship lines needed imagery that could make a destination feel irresistible at a glance. Travel posters led the way, but the subject ran through magazine covers, resort advertising, and sporting prints as well. What drew artists back repeatedly was the light: coastal scenes rewarded bold, flat color in ways that suited lithography particularly well. The pieces shown here are period originals from that tradition.

Aquatic & Beach

The beach and the sea have been reliable subjects for commercial illustration since the late 19th century, when railways and steamship lines needed imagery that could make a destination feel irresistible at a glance. Travel posters led the way, but the subject ran through magazine covers, resort advertising, and sporting prints as well. What drew artists back repeatedly was the light: coastal scenes rewarded bold, flat color in ways that suited lithography particularly well. The pieces shown here are period originals from that tradition.

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Vernet-Bonfort- Galerie "65" Cannes, Venice - Authentic Vintage Poster
Vernet-Bonfort- Galerie "65" Cannes, Venice c.1974 €299,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 30.25" x 21.25"

Year: c.1974

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Little Boat, Children's Poem- Soviet Propaganda - Authentic Vintage Poster
Little Boat, Children's Poem- Soviet Propaganda c.1987 €123,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 33.0" x 23.0"

Year: c.1987

Meridien Hotels- Newport Beach, LA - Authentic Vintage Poster
Meridien Hotels- Newport Beach, LA c.1975 €418,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 28.0" x 18.0"

Year: c.1975

Miami- National Geographic Ad - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Miami- National Geographic Ad c.1965 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 10.0" x 6.75"

Year: c.1965

Baroque Conchology, Steel Engraving - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Baroque Conchology, Steel Engraving c.1684 €215,95 EUR

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 8.5" x 6.0"

Year: c.1684

Evil in the Deep - Original Vintage Poster
Evil in the Deep c.1976 €176,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1976

Belgium - The Seaside by Frédéric Conrad, ca. 1955 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Belgium by Frédéric Conrad c.1955 €506,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 24.0"

Year: c.1955

Vintage Advertising Art by George Petty- Running! - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Jantzen Swimsuits by George Petty c.1939 €26,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 14.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1939

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Kupferberg Gold, Lithograph - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Kupferberg Gold, Lithograph c.1930 €330,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 11.5" x 8.5"

Year: c.1930

Popular Mechanics Cover 9 - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Speed Boat- Popular Mechanics c.1933 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1933

It's in the Air, Swedish Release - Original Vintage Poster
It's in the Air, Swedish Release c.1942 €308,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 27.5"

Year: c.1942

Nautical Rush- Popular Mechanics - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Nautical Rush- Popular Mechanics c.1935 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1935

Hennessy in Shanghai, Vintage Ad - Original Vintage Ad:
Hennessy in Shanghai, Vintage Ad c.1935 €26,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 14.0" x 11.0"

Year: c.1935

A 1943 vintage Collier's Magazine cover shows two cartoon monkeys in Japanese pilot helmets on a life raft, paddling as their crashed plane sinks behind them.
Monkey Mayday- Collier's Magazine c.1943 €66,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1943

Visit San Francisco, United Airlines - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visit San Francisco, United Airlines c.1976 €211,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 30.0" x 20.0"

Year: c.1976

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Vintage Advertising Art by George Petty- Be Attractive - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Be Attractive by George Petty c.1938 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1938

LA Olympics, Swimming (Finland) - Authentic Vintage Poster
LA Olympics, Swimming (Finland) c.1984 €211,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 37.0" x 22.25"

Year: c.1984

Paramount 1927-28 French Campaign Page 6
La Coupe de Miami, Vintage Movie Ad c.1927 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 14.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1927

Beach Blanket Bingo - Original Vintage Poster
Beach Blanket Bingo c.1965 €308,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1965

KLM - Eastern Europe by Leen Spierenburg, ca. 1955 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Eastern Europe, KLM c.1955 €418,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 19.0" x 13.25"

Year: c.1955

Sea Robin, Cigar Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Sea Robin, Cigar Label c.1900 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 6.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1900

Bikini Beach - Original Vintage Poster
Bikini Beach c.1964 €330,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1964

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Toper and Young Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Toper and Young Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 €44,95 EUR

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

Amphibians of Switzerland - Authentic Vintage Poster
Amphibians of Switzerland c.1987 €303,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.25" x 27.5"

Year: c.1987

Garde-Manger, Le Rire - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Garde-Manger, Le Rire c.1901 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 12.0" x 9.0"

Year: c.1901

Arctic Manhunt - Authentic Vintage Poster
Arctic Manhunt c.1949 €523,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1949

Beach Therapy by Peter Arno - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Beach Therapy by Peter Arno c.1952 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 11.75" x 8.5"

Year: c.1952

American Airlines - Miami - To Everywhere Under The Sun by Anonymous, 1991 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Miami, American Airlines c.1991 €418,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 14.0" x 46.0"

Year: c.1991

Popular Mechanics Cover 4 - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Soaring Skies- Popular Mechanics c.1935 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1935

Underwater! - Original Vintage Poster
Underwater! c.1955 €1.188,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1955

Six-Gilled Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Six-Gilled Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 €44,95 EUR

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

Reading is for Everybody, Peter Max Re-Issue - Original Vintage Poster
Reading is for Everybody, Peter Max c.1970 €105,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 16.0" x 10.75"

Year: c.1970

Flying Cowboys- Popular Mechanics - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Flying Cowboys- Popular Mechanics c.1935 €26,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1935

Viking Siege, French Classroom Poster - Original Vintage Poster
Viking Siege, French Classroom Poster c.1960 €110,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.5" x 35.5"

Year: c.1960

Popular Mechanics Cover 6 - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Power Voyager- Popular Mechanics c.1934 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1934

Ship Ahoy, Red Skeleton- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Ship Ahoy, Red Skelton- Trade Ad c.1942 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1942

Andy Hardy's Double Life- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Andy Hardy's Double Life- Trade Ad c.1942 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1942

Basking Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Basking Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 €44,95 EUR

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

Esquire Illustration- Just Between Us - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Esquire Illustration- Just Between Us c.1938 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 13.75" x 9.75"

Year: c.1938

Summer Camp- The New Yorker - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Summer Camp- The New Yorker c.1953 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 11.5" x 8.25"

Year: c.1953

Perspectograph, Popular Mechanics - Original Vintage Illustration
Perspectograph, Popular Mechanics c.1935 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 9.0" x 6.0"

Year: c.1935

Jamaica Run, Swedish Release - Original Vintage Poster
Jamaica Run, Swedish Release c.1954 €154,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.5" x 27.5"

Year: c.1954

Popular Mechanics Cover 7 - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Wave Runner- Popular Mechanics c.1934 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1934

The Touchstone, L'Assiette au Beurre. - Original Vintage Illustration
The Touchstone, L'Assiette au Beurre c.1906 €26,95 EUR

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 11.75" x 8.75"

Year: c.1906

Summer Splash- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Summer Splash- Collier's Magazine c.1941 €30,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.0" x 10.75"

Year: c.1941

Houndfish, Sharks- Hand Colored Stone Lithograph - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Houndfish, Sharks- Hand Colored Stone Lithograph c.1833 €158,95 EUR

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 13.75" x 8.75"

Year: c.1833

Welcome Home- Fortune Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Welcome Home- Fortune Magazine c.1930 €48,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 14.0" x 11.25"

Year: c.1930

Legend of Love- Polish Release - Original Vintage Poster
Legend of Love- Polish Release c.1971 €176,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 46.75" x 32.5"

Year: c.1971

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