Jean d'Ylen
Exuberant poster designs defined his career.
Born Jean Beguin in Paris in 1886, he took the pseudonym Jean d'Ylen in 1912. He studied art at the Bernard Palissy School, a municipal school of Fine Arts. One of his first jobs was for a jeweler on the Rue de la Paix. During WWI he joined the 279th Infantry Regiment and then went on to work in the Cartography Department of the Army. The war over, he quickly opted for a career in poster design, joining Pierre Vercasson's printing shop in 1919. D'Ylen succeeded Cappiello as the favored house artist in 1922. Like Cappiello, his posters exhibited unbridled exuberance and the firm was assured an uninterrupted flow of designs that would continue to delight their audiences. D'Ylen was at the top of his career. He continued to work there at Vercasson until 1934 where he produced over 200 posters. He died prematurely in 1938.
Artworks by this artist (31 total)
- The Quick-starting pair Shell oil and Shell petrol 1930
- Miss Blanche 1928
- Erasmic 1912
- Pfefferminz Dr Hillers 1927
- Faune mangeant des spaghettis 1920
- Rhum Charleston, Bordeaux 1925
- Stop! for Shell motor oil at the Red Cabinet 1926
- Teinture idéale 1928
- Chick cigarettes de Virginie pures et sans adultération 1925
- Chocolat fondant Mascotte. Compagnie française, Strasbourg 1920
- Diablerets – L’Apéritif Généreux circa 1920
- Zenith 1928
- Cafés tés a los Mandarines 1927
- Danse de Moscou 1920
- Entérites rhumatismes guéris à Plombières les Bains, Vosges 1931
- Dunlop la balle des champions 1929
- Biere Allary
- For quality, drink Brazilian coffee – Brazil supplies the world 1931
- Cap Corse Quinquina 1927
- Réchaud Furnus cuit tout sans dessécher 1926