Achille Mauzan

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"Parmigiano Reggiano Bertozzi" by Achille Mauzan.

Lucien Achille Mauzan (Gap, 1883 - Gap, 1952) was known as a decorative illustrator designing during the Art Deco movement, though he also painted and sculpted.

After a period of study in the École des Beaux-Arts at Lyons, France, Mauzan divided his life between Milan, Paris and Argentina. Between the years 1920 and 1940, the period between the wars, he used forms and materials under the influence of the avant-garde cubists. He was also an illustrator of posters and postcards.

During a long distinguished career, as a poster printer and a distinguished designer, Mauzan designed over 2,000 posters, using a style marked by humor and brilliant colors for advertisement and events and over 1,000 original postcard images. He is also noted for designing several war posters including an adaptation of the famous Lord Kitchener poster.

Today, his postcards are as highly valued as his poster images as collectors are quick to recognize the value of an original postcard image created by this prolific artist.