Trans Siberian Express
One sheet Steam Train vintage travel poster, titled "
The Trans-Siberian Express: 12 Days Paris - Peking", was created around 1925. It is considered a masterpiece of Art Deco railway advertising.
Poster Information
Artist: A. Stepanoff (also known as Alexei Stepanovich Stepanov), a Russian artist active in the early 20th century.
Year: Circa 1925.
Publisher/Client: Likely a promotion by the Chinese Eastern Railway (as indicated by the Chinese text in the lower right). The only service between Paris and Peking at the time would have been by the Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-Lits, whose name does not appear on the poster.
Design & Composition: The powerful Art Deco design features a locomotive charging forward over a globe, tracing a route from Paris monuments (Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame) to Peking's temples and pagodas. The composition dramatically collapses distance and time, highlighting the glamour and technological triumph of the journey.
Historical Context: The poster was likely created during a brief period (1925-1929) when the Chinese believed the Russians might return ownership of the Chinese Eastern Railway to them. The advertised 12-day journey was part of the ambitious rail route connecting East and West, though the map on the poster may have originated in Berlin rather than Paris for the actual rail service.
The Trans-Siberian Express: 12 Days Paris - Peking", was created around 1925. It is considered a masterpiece of Art Deco railway advertising.
Poster Information
Artist: A. Stepanoff (also known as Alexei Stepanovich Stepanov), a Russian artist active in the early 20th century.
Year: Circa 1925.
Publisher/Client: Likely a promotion by the Chinese Eastern Railway (as indicated by the Chinese text in the lower right). The only service between Paris and Peking at the time would have been by the Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-Lits, whose name does not appear on the poster.
Design & Composition: The powerful Art Deco design features a locomotive charging forward over a globe, tracing a route from Paris monuments (Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame) to Peking's temples and pagodas. The composition dramatically collapses distance and time, highlighting the glamour and technological triumph of the journey.
Historical Context: The poster was likely created during a brief period (1925-1929) when the Chinese believed the Russians might return ownership of the Chinese Eastern Railway to them. The advertised 12-day journey was part of the ambitious rail route connecting East and West, though the map on the poster may have originated in Berlin rather than Paris for the actual rail service.
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