Archives for December 2020

Thursday’s ad is for “Grande Brasserie Mapataud,” from maybe the early 1920s or 30s. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for Brasserie Bertrand-Mapataud in Limoges, which is in central France. It was founded in 1765. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out any more information about the French brewery. I’m not sure who created this poster of the brewery, and I wish I could find a larger image of it because I love that it appears to be showing a large floating pint of beer, with centaurs with wings flying around it, hand-in-hand, like it was a maypole.

Wednesday’s ad is for “Brasserie Mapataud,” from maybe the early 1920s or 30s. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for Brasserie Bertrand-Mapataud in Limoges, which is in central France. It was founded in 1765. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out any more information about the French brewery. I’m not sure who created this poster of the brewery. It appears to be signed under the table by an artist whose name begins with the letter “S” but I can’t make out the rest.

Tuesday’s ad is for the “Grand Brasserie Mapataud,” from 1933. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for Brasserie Bertrand-Mapataud in Limoges, which is in central France. It was founded in 1765. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out any more information about the French brewery. I’m not sure who created this poster of the brewery.

Monday’s ad is for “Bieres Mapataud Grand Prix,” from maybe the 1890s. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for Brasserie Bertrand-Mapataud in Limoges, which is in central France. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out any information about the French brewery. I’m not sure who created this poster. It appears to be signed but it’s stylized and I can’t make it out.

Sunday’s ad is for “Bieres Mapataud,” from the 1890s. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for Brasserie Bertrand-Mapataud in Limoges, which is in central France. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out any information about the French brewery. This poster may have been created by artist Sam Marcoz, at least that what the signature looks like.

Saturday’s ad is for “Bieres Mapataud,” from 1928. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for Brasserie Bertrand-Mapataud in Limoges, which is in central France. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out any information about the French brewery. This poster may have been created by French artist Paul Igert.

Tuesday’s ad is for Biere de la Brasserie Amos, a.k.a. the G. Amos Brauerei, from late 1800s. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was created for Brasserie Amos, which was founded in 1868 in Metz, in the department of Moselle, which is located in the Lorraine region of Eastern France. The brewery was founded by Gustave Amos, and remained in the Amos family until 1988, when it was sold to the German company Karlsberg, which is known as Karlsbräu outside of Germany to avoid confusion with the Danish Carlsberg. They closed the brewery in 1993, but continue to brew the beer at one of their other breweries, Brasserie Licorne, located in the Alsace. I’m not sure who created this poster.

Tuesday’s ad is for Biere de la Brasserie Amos, from 1960. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was created for Brasserie Amos, which was founded in 1868 in Metz, in the department of Moselle, which is located in the Lorraine region of Eastern France. The brewery was founded by Gustave Amos, and remained in the Amos family until 1988, when it was sold to the German company Karlsberg, which is known as Karlsbräu outside of Germany to avoid confusion with the Danish Carlsberg. They closed the brewery in 1993, but continue to brew the beer at one of their other breweries, Brasserie Licorne, located in the Alsace. The text at the bottom, “Cent Ans De Santé,” Google translates as “Hundred Years Of Health.” This poster was created by French artist Raymond Gay.

The poster also sometimes appears with a lighter blue background.