Hand-Tinted Real Photo Postcards: 1920s Art Deco Lovers

The world of collectible postcards is enormous and, for those seriously involved as a collector or seller, never ending. The surprising finds at the end of a day at a collectible postcard or paper show are what it all boils down to - the hunt and the reward of a treasure, possibly something not previously seen.


Here is a group of French, circa 1920s real photo postcards that have been colored by hand, using various techniques to create incredibly colorful, art deco inspired psychedelia. These types of cards were always plentiful at the Parisian paper and postcard shows, however this particular group, which I sold years ago, are very unusual and quite amazing. The use of vibrant colors, the art deco designs and the interaction of the posers themselves create passionate, kitschy valentines.

The overlying designs and shapes were created using stencils (pochoirs) to apply all the silver coloring; the roses are also colored using stencils; base background blues, and the image in the box, applied using air-brush.

Overall surface color effect created by dying the postcard in a color bath; surface colors applied by stencil, hand-coloring and air-brush.

Overall surface color effect created by dying the postcard in a color bath; surface colors applied by stencil, hand-coloring and air-brush.

Sepia toned emulsion surface with minute touches of hand-applied color 

and air-brush.

Similar to the top postcard, the overlying designs and shapes were created using stencils (pochoirs) to apply all the gold coloring; no addition applied coloring.

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