''Madam Who'', 1918 - art by Eric Rohman
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''Madam Who'', 1918 - art by Eric Rohman
Artist
Movie World Posters
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Mixed Media - Vintage Movie Poster
Description
A vintage Swedish movie poster of ''Madam Who'', a 1918 silent film directed by Burton L. King. It's a part of the World War I propaganda films produced during that time. The plot of "Madam Who" centers around espionage and intrigue, reflective of the wartime atmosphere. The movie typically features themes of patriotism, bravery, and the complexities of war, common in films of this era. The characters likely navigate a world of spies and secret missions, emphasizing the importance of loyalty and courage in the face of adversity.
As a silent film from 1918, "Madam Who" would be characterized by the absence of synchronized sound and dialogue, relying instead on visual storytelling, intertitles, and often live musical accompaniment to convey its narrative and emotions. The acting style in such films tended to be more exaggerated than in modern cinema, to compensate for the lack of spoken word. The film would be in black and white, with the distinctive visual quality of early cinema, including a lower frame rate and less refined editing techniques compared to contemporary standards.
About the artist:
Eric Wilhelm Rohman (May 18, 1891, Nyköping, Sweden— Jan. 6, 1949, Stockholm) was a Swedish illustrator and advertising artist.
The crisp and essential style of Rohman is striking in his movie posters. His traits are well outlined and sharp and give life to the characters; he uses few colors and is never too loud, he has a great originality in managing the composition and the construction of space.
The Swedish artist creates movie posters that are caricatured and powerful in the representation, with high graphic settings. He depicts essential backgrounds of cities, apartment interiors, airplanes, bars, or simple backgrounds with geometric patterns. Rohman's posters attract the audience's attention creating curious scenes, geometric and coherent in the narrative but never static. That never gets boring.
He was raised in Helsingborg, where he discovered a passion for drawing and acting after his undergraduate education. To satisfy his newfound craving, he spent years studying under Swedish painter and illustrator Carl Wilhelmson at the Gothenburg Academy of the Arts. He took side work creating advertising illustrations for newspapers to pay his tuition. He also designed and drew several book covers and books.
Rohman had a brother who managed a large chain of theaters, which needed a constant supply of original art for film posters. Rohman then began working for his brother, which launched his career as a poster designer. In 1921 he was the only person in Sweden who worked full-time creating poster illustrations.
However, to fulfill the theater's demand, he had to work quickly. As a result, he designed four or five posters every week. But he was nonetheless generally still able to bring out the essential details of the film and its actors to express the essence of a film's theme.
Search "Rohman" to see more of his art.
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January 21st, 2022
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