Vintage Bicycle Poster: Terrot & Co Dijon Cycles-Motocyclettes

Your first thought upon seeing this vintage poster is that it would be right at home on the wall of a hunting lodge and you would probably keep looking for something which would be appropriate as wall art for your home. However, just give this art print another chance to grab you because I think this vintage poster actually has a fun and almost cheeky vibe to it which I am always look for more of in my own home.

It was probably the colors which first made you pass by this vintage poster as a candidate for your wall art purchase and you could be forgiven for seeing the deep bottle green border of this vintage bicycle poster and dismissing it as a possibility to become part of your home decor. However, once you get this vintage poster home and it is displayed as wall art, it is easy enough to draw out certain colors and downplay the significance of others.

When you look more closely at this vintage poster you will notice that the man on the bicycle appears to be riding quite fast and is in quite a good mood. I get the impression he his either out for a ride in the countryside with some friends and has sped ahead of them, or he is on a romantic picnic with the special lady in the background and is trying hard to impress her.

Regardless, this is what you want to draw out of this vintage poster when it is displayed as wall art and to do this, pick out the colors of this scene – the blue of the sky and the woman’s dress and the bright yellow and orange of the hills and tracks. Then use these colors in the decor of your room, maybe you will hang your wall art above a couch in the blue of the woman’s dress, or opposite a window with curtains the same yellow as the hillsides in your new vintage wall art poster.