Black Thunder, Josephine Baker by Paul Colin, 20″ x 28

This month, we opened our new online store Shop 4 Art (in partnership with Art.com), featuring fine art prints for budget conscious collectors!

In celebration of When Harlem Came to Paris, we curated an online gallery that celebrates the Harlem Renassiance. A portion of all sales (10%) of any of the items will be donated to the Anne Bujon Educational Initiative (between February 1, 2010- April 1, 2010).

Today’s featured work is “Black Thunder, Josephine Baker” by Paul Colin.

French poster artist Paul Colin (1892 – 1985) and Jazz Age entertainer Josephine Baker mixed business with pleasure—and reaped the rewards. A master of visual communication, Colin was Baker’s lover and long-time friend. He designed the Art Deco poster for Baker’s La Revue Nègre, which introduced jazz music and dance to Paris, launching both of their careers. Hired by the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Colin designed 1,900 posters and hundreds of stage sets, mostly for Baker. He created posters for theaters, art, dance, advertisements and charitable causes. Colin also illustrated Baker’s memoirs, which were published in 1927.

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