Julian Key (1930-1999) is one of the main Belgian poster artists
of the second half of the twentieth century. This poster was created by him for
L’Art Belge which was one of the events during Expo 58, also known as the
Brussels World's Fair (Dutch: Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling, French:
Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles). Expo 58 was held from 17
April to 19 October 1958. This was the first major World's Fair after World War
II.
What is interesting is that Key has employed the colours of the
Belgian flag in his poster.
The colours of the Belgian flag were taken from the arms of
Brabant, a province in the former Low Countries (today Belgium and the
Netherlands). The arms of Brabant show on a black field a yellow lion facing the
viewer's left, with a red tongue and nails. The heraldic description (blazon)
of these arms is "Sable a lion rampant or armed and langued gules".
This postcard came from Daerden (21 November 2014) Postcrossing.
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