Ernest Montaut

Ernest Montaut (* 1878 in France , † 1909 in Paris ) was a French poster artist .

Life

Montaut began his career as a poster designer towards the end of the 19th century when he was the first to introduce various artistic techniques, such as the speed lines with which the speed of the object shown is represented. He also introduced the use of perspective in his drawings. He also used the very time-consuming pochoir process , in which the outlines of the representations were printed using a printed stencil , as well as the names of the things advertised, e.g. B. automobiles, tires etc. and the names of the provider and manufacturer. Other information included the year of printing, the names of the printer and the artist. After the stencil had been printed, the posters were colored by hand, which resulted in noticeable differences in the colors.

Montaut worked with the Parisian printing house Mabileau et Cie. together. In the mid-1890s he became very well known for his posters for the various car, motorcycle and bicycle races of his time. In his last years they also depicted zeppelin and airplane races. After his untimely death, his work was continued by his wife Marguerite, who was nicknamed Magy and whose poster designs were drawn with Gamy .

The Science Museum in London owns a number of his posters.

Web links

• Science Museum, London (en.)
• Pictures and biography (en.)