Thanks Phil! You're the best!

http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/decouverte-des-collections-du-musee

the airplane is a wonderful 1909 Bleriot! I'm happy about that, as I posted about Bleriot http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/12/louis-bleriot-inventor-of-1st-practical.html


Since its foundation, the museum has been housed in the deserted priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, in the rue Réaumur in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.



if I remember correctly, this is the first self propelled vehicle, the Cugnot, 1771













Thanks Phil!I really appreciate these photos, I've never heard of this place http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/decouverte-des-collections-du-musee

He enrolled in a famous school for architecture, and to help pay for it, began doing illustrations in books. Like that so much he changed majors.

He went under a few pseudonyms, Rene Mael, Rageot and Dufour, allowing him to change style freely.

Vincent’s success got him to visit the United States, where he did some work for esteemed magazines Saturday Evening and Harper’s Bazaar. When he arrived back in France, he set up his own studio in Paris. He began illustrating advertisements for Bugatti, Peugeot, Michelin, and Shell Oil.

As a keen automobilist, Vicent was one of the first French citizen to have a driver’s license. Additionally he built a garage onto his house, to park his Bugatti. In the 20s owning a car was a symbol of success.






the above is titled something like "instant energy when cold starting"









http://juliasantengallery.com/rene-vincent-1908-automobilia/

Paris, the other great center of car manufacturing in 1900-1910, was where the car makers were located and the most affluent.

To French car makers, being in the capital was an absolute imperative, to compete with the great Parisian brands such as De Dion Bouton, Renault, Panhard.

In 1900-10 there was no radio or television advertising, paper was king and fine advertising art catalogs had to catch the interest of refined customers, accustomed to Parisian chic. Created in quality materials, it became a "luxury item in the service of a luxury industry."

 In 1906, Berliet appealed to the most prestigious designer printer, Draeger and created a contest among the best designers, writers, and the illustrators René Vincent, Maximilian Fischer, Rene Lelong.

A specialized press was born, and was soon in high demand by the Paris elite hungry for new leisure fashion: Life Automotive, Omnia, Auto, Life Grand Air, France Automotive, Illustration ...


http://www.bm-lyon.fr/expo/07/richesheures/reve.html

http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,206650276,var,CATALOGUE-AUTOMOBILES-BERLIET-LYON-MONPLAISIR-Rene-VINCENT-DRAEGER-Freres-1907,language,E.html

and some other cool art from Berliet's car catalog








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