Born 1870 in Amsterdam, Dutch artist Johann Georg van Caspel was trained as a figure and portrait painter, but was also a book-binder, calendar and brochure designer, and an architect.
Posters designed by Johann Georg van Caspel
Van Caspel made a number of posters for the Amand Printing Company in Amsterdam and illustrated picture books in Art Nouveau style, including The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods and A fairytale by Mother the Goose for Charles Perrault.
Van Caspel eventually worked in architecture and designing mansions in the area of Gooi. Here below is a set of amazing posters designed by Johann Georg van Caspel in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Advertisement of clothing store D. Barnasconi in Amsterdam, circa 1890s
Hinde-Rywielen, 1896
Patee Rijwielen met ondoordringbare, “Chase” Banden, 1896
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