A poster designer from the past

I'm currently reading The History of Graphic Design by Philip Meggs and have just come across a cool poster designer of note. His name is A M Cassandre and he's done a lot of very cool posters. He's particularly famous for posters of European rail and cruise lines. If you'd like to know more, here's his Wiki entry: A M Cassandre

And some examples of his work:

• posted by Greg