Henri Cassiers collection

A selection of postcards with designs by Henri Cassiers showing locations in Belgium, Cassiers’ country of birth.

Henri Cassiers (1858-1944) was a Flemish artist born in Antwerp, Belgium on 11 August 1858.  He was best known for his applied art: illustrations, posters, wall charts and postcards, often with a maritime theme.

Cassiers trained as an architect and followed his artistic training at the academies of Brussels and Sint-Joost-ten-Node.  From 1886 to 1893 he illustrated many popular weekly magazines, such as De Vlaamsche Patriot, Le Globe Illustré and L'Illustration Européenne.   From 1898 he designed many posters, menu cards and other advertising material, including postcards like this, for the “Red Star Line”.  He was a member of the Belgian artists’ association Les Hydrophiles.

Henri Cassiers died in Ixelles, Belgium on 27 February 1944.