1919 Forest Landscape by Stehli Freres Postcard

About This Vintage Postcard

This evocative vintage postcard features a fine art reproduction of a dense coniferous forest, likely a pine or spruce woodland. The scene captures the interplay of light and shadow, with sunbeams illuminating a small patch of flowers on the forest floor. This naturalistic landscape reflects the popular artist card style of the early 20th century. This card was used as a souvenir in France, with a handwritten inscription in French dated July 10, 1919.

Details

Era: Divided Back
City: Paris (inscribed)
Country: France
Topic: Fine Art / Forest Landscape
Condition: Circulated
Postage: Hand-delivered or kept as souvenir
Address Side: Divided
Orientation: Vertical (Portrait)
Artist / Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: Marke Egemes
Printer: Stehli Frères, Zurich
Print Type: Color Lithograph

Additional Information

This card is identified as No. 4 within Serie 46. The sunburst ST logo on the reverse is the mark of Stehli Frères, a premier Swiss firm famous for their mastery of the phototypie (collotype) process. This technique used a sensitized gelatin surface to create grainless, continuous-tone images that were often indistinguishable from original art. While printed in Zurich, Stehli cards were high-end exports sold at art shops and tourist destinations throughout France and Europe. The inscription, dated 10 Juillet 1919, places this card in the immediate post-WWI era.

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