Frederic Hugo d’ Alési
Master of travel posters and panoramas
Frédéric Alexianu, known as F. Hugo d'Alesi, was a French painter, poster artist and illustrator of Austrian origin, born in Hermannstadt (Grand-Principality of Transylvania in the Austrian Empire) on February 10, 1849 and died in Paris on November 11, 1906. He produced a large number of tourist posters for railroad companies at the end of the 19th century. In addition to numerous posters for the Paris to Orleans, PLM and Western railways, Hugo d'Alesi designed posters for shipping companies and automobile manufacturers. He also produced engravings of French cities, such as a panoramic view of the city and port of Bordeaux in 1889. His posters Centenaire de la lithographie. Galerie Rapp (1895) and Chemin de fer de l'Est : Venise were reproduced in Les Maîtres de l'affiche, the magazine founded by Jules Chéret. He also painted military compositions in oils. Following Jules Ferry's Commission de décoration scolaire, he was approached to create school imagery, in particular “tableaux scolaires” (thematic maps), which were presented at the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Hugo d'Alesi created the panoramic paintings for Le Maréorama, an attraction combining a large moving platform and two scrolling panoramic paintings. The Maréorama was presented at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris.
Artworks by this artist
- Chemins de fer P. L. M. Le Mont Rose. Vallée de Zermatt 1891
- Chemins de fer d’Orléans. Les Pyrénées – billets à prix réduits 1899
- Tour métallique de Fourvières
- Suisse – Chemins de fer J.-S. – Vallée du Rhône 1895
- Mont Cervin, Mont Rose. Chemin de fer Viège-Zermatt 1895
- P.L.M. Monaco. Bains de mer d’Eté & d’Hiver 1896
- P.L.M. Le Vercors (Dauphiné) 1898
- Le Lac d’Annecy, Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée 1900
- Chemins de fer du Midi – Stations hivernales et balnéaires. Les Eaux-Bonnes, Luchon 1900
- Chemin de Fer de l’Est. De Paris à Venise, par Belfort, Bâle, Lucerne et le St Gothard 1898
- Chemins de Fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée. Nantua (Ain) 1904
- Chemins de fer de l’Est – Hte. Engadine – Billets de Saison pour Samedan et St. Moritz 1895
- Lac Léman – Chemins de fer Jura-Simplon 1895
- Centenaire De La Lithographie Galerie Rapp 1895
- Cycles Decauville. Fabrication française 1894
- Exposition Universelle de 1900. Le Maréorama, Champs de Mars, en face de la gare 1900
- Schweiz. J. S. Bahn Jura Route ca. 1908
- Chemins de Fer d’Orléans. Auvergne. Le Mont-Dore 1898
- P.L.M. Paris-Lyon-Méditerrannée Menton à 17 heures 1,2 de Paris et à 11 minutes de Monte-Carlo 1898
- Chemins de fer de l’Est Haute Engadine 1910