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📸: 2. 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://t.co/Yostrb7hHr #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

📸: 3. 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://t.co/Kjdlw9RWil #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

📸: 1. TWA (Trans World Airlines) Paris travel poster c. 1957 David Klein paper, ink Collect ion of SFO Museum 1995.03.01 R2024.0601.020 https://t.co/fKKqsS07cK #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

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://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

In his poster for Italy, David Klein 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. #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

By contrast, in David Klein's 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. #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

In his Paris poster, David Klein used a style suggestive of French Impressionism to create a view of the Eiffel Tower. At the bottom he depicts two nuns and a group of schoolgirls, reminiscent of the popular children’s book Madeline. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

After WWII, Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) added new international routes to Europe & changed its name to Trans World Airlines. David Klein created a series of eye-catching posters featuring TWA’s newly introduced state-of-the-art Lockheed L-1649 Starliner. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on October 09, 2024.

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://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 02, 2024.

Klein was influenced by an art style called Precisionism, which used detailed, sharply defined geometrical lines and forms. In his vibrant San Francisco poster, he features a Boeing 707 flying over the Golden Gate Bridge with a ship entering the Golden Gate. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on October 02, 2024.

David Klein was most recognized for his TWA (Trans World Airlines) posters from the 1950s and ‘60s. In the mid-1950s, Klein designed numerous travel posters for the airline. Many are considered some of the best examples of airline art produced during the Jet Age. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on October 02, 2024.

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://t.co/ayiz8gruzk #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek This tweet was posted on September 18, 2024.