Lloyd-Express: Bremen – Southampton – Cherbourg – New York

Highlights

• Premium canvas print of Lloyd-Express: Bremen – Southampton – Cherbourg – New York — original photography by Nicedesigns
• Hand-stretched 1.5" gallery wrap canvas — arrives ready to hang, no frame needed
• Fade-resistant inks for long-lasting color and rich tones, made to order
• Made to order in the United States by niceandco.
• Finished size 8" W x 8" H

Description

A bold Art Deco travel poster for Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen depicts three ocean liners — the Bremen, Columbus, and Europa — rendered as dramatic red prows surging forward against a vivid blue background, their white superstructures gleaming above. The poster promotes the 'Lloyd-Express' transatlantic service linking Bremen, Germany with Southampton (England), Cherbourg (France), and New York, a prestige route served by some of the fastest and most celebrated German ocean liners of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The dynamic diagonal composition and streamlined graphic style capture the speed and modernity that Norddeutscher Lloyd advertised with the tagline 'Schnellster Dienst der Welt' — 'Fastest Service in the World.'