Classic Painted Movie Posters

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Classic painted movie posters. His art has represented lucasfilm and steven spielberg s amblin entertainment for decades. We do not sell any reproductions copies or re prints. 45 amazing vintage polish posters of classic american films.

The specialist in original vintage movie posters. World cinema is a lingua franca we all understand los angeles ernie wolfe art dealer and collector told the atlantic he first noted these weird drawings while traveling in the country in 1990. These beautiful and surreal pieces of movie artwork were created during the communist era as an alternative to banned u s.

The distinctive style set of the white orange lowercase helvetica under grayscale photography of the main cast captured the tone of the movie perfectly. Arguably most of these hand painted bootleg movie posters were produced in ghana. A classic movie poster is the blade runner from designer john alvin.

As true collectors we have over 20 years experience in buying and selling original posters. He painted posters for all the star wars films as well as iconic posters for the indiana jones series that include his classic poster for temple of doom. Vintage posters used to be painted or airbrushed on canvas or illustration board and i ll use a technique inspired by the great drew struzan.

Today most film posters are computer generated. Original classic collectibles vintage movie poster art are in a league of their own. The paint still wet when the courier picked it up.

Two things make this poster for oliver stone s war movie classic great. The 50 best movie posters ever. It has been popular to combine hand drawn elements into movies with fantastical elements.

Contemporary movie posters have lost their uniqueness and beauty of the hand painted movie artwork and photography of the early days. It is a hand painted illustration which has been a favorite decades ago. Moreover theatres today only display the 27 x41 one sheet poster.

Drew s teaser poster for return of the jedi originally released as revenge of the jedi is one of the most memorable star wars images ever painted.