Antilles / Centre-Amerique / Cie. Gle. Transatlantique. ca. 1920 Travel Poster
by Sandy Hook Georges Taboureau
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Antilles / Centre-Amerique / Cie. Gle. Transatlantique. ca. 1920 Travel Poster
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Sandy Hook Georges Taboureau
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Painting
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Sandy-Hook (Georges Taboureau) (1879-1960) Georges Taboureau, who painted under the pseudonym “Sandy-Hook.” is best known as a marine artist. He produced many posters and illustrations for various shipping lines and until 1953 exhibited frequently at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. In 1917, he was named the official painter of the French Admiralty. His illustrations often appeared in the Journal de la Marine Marchande (Merchant Marine Review). In July of 1998 Le Salon du Livre Maritime in Concarneau presented an exhibition of drawings, paintings and posters of Taboureau.West Indies Central America Cie Gle Transatlantique Travel Poster, The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, and commonly named “Transat”), typically known overseas as the French Line, was a French shipping company. Established in 1855 by the brothers Émile and Issac Péreire under the name Compagnie Générale Maritime, the company was entrusted by the French government to transport mails to North America. In 1861, the name of the company was changed to Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. The company’s first vessel, the SS Washington, had its maiden voyage on 15 June 1864. After a period of trials and errors in the late 19th century, the company, under the direction of its presidents Jules Charles-Roux and John Dal Piaz, gained fame in the 1910s and 1930s with its prestigious ocean liners such as SS Paris, SS Île de France, and especially SS Normandie. Fragilized by the Second World War, the company regained its fame in 1962 with the famous SS France, which suffered major competition from air transport and was retired from service in 1974. In 1977, the company merged with the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes to form the Compagnie Générale Maritime. Then, in 1996, the company Compagnie Générale Maritime merged to form the CMA CGM.
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