Albert Brenet
French, 1903-2005
Albert Brenet, who recently celebrated his hundredth birthday, is surely the last of the true adventurers, having spent his life sailing the oceans of the world as the French Navy's official artist.
He was born in Harfleur, near Le Havre, in 1903, and 'at home, the talk was always about the wind, the sea, and the ships'. Then there were the three-masters with their exotically perfumed cargoes of spices and coffee.
The turning point in his life came when he first caught sight of the Bonchamp, one of the last three-masters to ply the seas, built at the turn of the century. As the crew was two men short, Albert gained a place on board and spent the next seven months sailing 'as they did in Colbert's day' - no electricity and just two buckets of freshwater per man per week. In between manning the rigging, he captured every instant of life on board, even in the roughest of seas.
From that moment on, Albert painted and drew everything that moved, from the firemen of Los Angeles to the feria in Seville, and, of course, a whole armada of ships. He became one of the Navy's official painters in 1936.
Albert thrilled to the sights of the Orient - the mosques of Iran, the souks of Tunisia - and was endlessly fascinated by the quality and continuity of Japanese civilization. Now enjoying a peaceful and well-deserved retirement south of Paris, Albert is the only artist ever to have been granted specialties in all three services - Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Three exhibitions are being staged to mark Albert Brenet's hundredth birthday - in Perros-Guirec (Côtes-d'Armor), Le Havre, and Paris, at the Musée de la Marine.
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Creator: Albert Brenet
Brenet, Original Travel Poster, Messageries Maritimes, Navigation, Japan, 1954
By Albert Brenet
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, France Paris Eiffel Tower Navigation, Boat, 1950
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This poster of the Compagnie maritime des Chargeurs reunions was produced around 1950 by Albert Brenet to promote tourism in France.
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, Messageries Maritimes, Middle Far East, Sea 1959
By Albert Brenet
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Brenet, Original Vintage Poster, CGT, Antilles, Jamaica Venezuela Colombia 1955
By Albert Brenet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This poster was produced to promote tourism in Central America, particularly in Colombia, Venezuela, Jamaica and Antilles, via cruises by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, Messageries Maritimes, Liner, Indochina, 1950
By Albert Brenet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This poster by Brenet created circa 1950 was produced to promote tourism all over the world by boat via the Messageries Maritimes.
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, French Railway, Train Travel Transportation 1958
By Albert Brenet
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Brenet, Original Vintage Poster, CGT, Ocean Tunis Liner, Henna, Spindle, 1955
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, Transatlantique, Antilles, Venezuela, Liner 1950
By Albert Brenet
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This poster by Brenet created circa 1950 was produced to promote tourism in South America Venezuela country and Antilles by boat/liner via the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT...
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Brenet, Original Boat Poster, Paris Cafe Opera, Cruise Line, Chargeur Reuni 1950
By Albert Brenet
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Original Vintage Travel Poster Transatlantique French Line Le Havre Southampton
By Albert Brenet
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - Cie Gle Transatlantique French Line Le Havre Southampton New York - featuring artwork by the French artist Albert Brenet (1903-2005) depicting an ocean liner sailing at sea with the stylised title text above and against the choppy white waves below. Founded in 1861 (having been established in 1855 by the brothers Emile and Issac Pereire), the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique CGT was a French shipping company known as French Line and Transat; it merged with Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes...
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Brenet, Original Travel Poster, Wagons lits, Cars, Train, Railways, Auto, 1963
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Original Paquebot Poster, Paquet Cruise Line, Senegal Morocco Dakar Canary, 1955
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