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After World War II, the domestic carrier Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) added many new international routes to Europe and beyond and changed its name to Trans World Airlines. To promote European destinations in the late 1950s, David Klein created a series of eye-catching posters in colorful styles featuring TWA’s newly introduced state-of-the-art Lockheed L-1649 Starliner. In his Paris poster he used a style suggestive of French Impressionism to create a view of the Eiffel Tower from the entrance to the Place du Trocadéro. At the bottom he depicts two nuns and a group of schoolgirls, reminiscent of the popular children’s book Madeline. By contrast, in his Spain and Italy posters he used a modern three-dimensional style. His Spain poster highlights one of the country’s popular attractions, the bullfights, with intricately dressed matadors. In his poster for Italy, he features Venice’s most recognizable landmark, the Piazza San Marco, or St. Mark’s Square, with St. Mark’s Basilica and the Campanile bell tower. See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://bit.ly/AirwaysArtists 📸: TWA (Trans World Airlines) Paris travel poster c. 1957 David Klein paper, ink Collection of SFO Museum 1995.03.01 R2024.0601.020 https://bit.ly/4gWkTYH TWA (Trans World Airlines) Spain travel poster c. 1957 David Klein paper, ink Collection of SFO Museum Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds 2016.080.007 R2024.0601.018 https://bit.ly/4eOvWkO TWA (Trans World Airlines) Italy travel poster c. 1957 David Klein paper, ink Collection of SFO Museum Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2001.135.066 R2024.0601.017 https://bit.ly/4eVIC9B This image was posted on October 09, 2024.