James Thiriar - Affiche Congo belge / Tabula historica - 1950s

James Thiriar (1889-1965)

Thiriar was an illustrator, caricaturist, painter, and costume designer who became a mapmaker with the Belgian Army during World War I. Many of his observational sketches of soldiers on the front lines were printed in European newspapers. In 1932, Thiriar participated in an expedition to the Congo and Sudan, producing illustrations and watercolor paintings of flora and fauna there. In this poster, the artist portrays much of the dark military and slave trade history of the Congo.


Congo, Tabula historica

41 1/4x29 1/2 inches, 104 3/4x75 cm. [Information and Documentation Center of Belgian Congo and of Ruanda-Urundi].


Cette affiche coloniale porte les inscriptions suivantes : "Lithographie "LINSMO" S.A. Bruxelles", "Édité par le Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi". Elle est authentique et ancienne.