Bidspirit auction | Advertising Poster Bruxelles Brussels Fair

Advertising Poster Bruxelles Brussels Fair Foire Belgium - Original vintage advertising poster for the 4th Official Commercial Fair / 4me Foire Commerciale Officielle held in Brussels, Belgium, from 9 to 25 April 1923. The poster features artwork by Fernand Toussaint (1873-1956) depicting a large figure of a Renaissance town crier dressed in a vibrant red tunic and flowing green cloak, raising a handbell to announce the fair; a bustling crowd filled with people in both historical costumes and 1920s attire populates the marketplace tents, with the sun-drenched, ornate Gothic facades of the historic Grand-Place / Grote Markt and the towering spire of the Brussels Town Hall rising into a blue sky filled with stylised, swirling clouds. Printed by O. De Rycker, Bruxelles-Forest. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: Belgium, designer: Fernand Toussaint , size (cm): 100x65, year of printing: 1923.