Henri Cassiers Biography

a.k.a names:   Hendrick Cassiers; H. Cassiers; Henricus Paulus Emilius Victor Cassiers; Henry Cassiers; cassiers

Cassiers Belgian illustrator and poster artist created "applied art": illustrations, posters, educational wall plates, postcards.

Henri Cassiers was a well known and highly talented artist of Belgian descent. Originally trained as a painter, he began to focus on lithography and poster design in the last years of the 1880s. He won many prizes and was a sought after draftsman who remained true to his roots and his themes of choice: fishing and shipping . Cassiers created only 45 posters, making them the choice of connaisseurs, museums and collectors around the world