Born 1894 in Aarau, Swiss-Belgian commercial artist Leo Marfurt moved to Belgium in 1921, marrying there in 1922. He set up his own business in Brussels under the name Les Créations Publicitaires (“Advertising Creations”) in 1927. His customers included the Brussels World Fairs of 1935 and 1958, Minerva automobiles, Chrysler, Belga cigarettes, cross-channel ferries, and railways in both Belgium and the United Kingdom.
Posters designed by Leo Marfurt in the 1920s and ’30s
Marfurt was best known for his posters of the 1930s, in an innovative Art Deco style that sometimes incorporated elements of Futurism, Cubism and Surrealism.
Marfurt died in Antwerp in 1977. Here below is a set of impressive posters designed by Leo Marfurt in the 1920s and 1930s.
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