After studying painting at the Lyon Academy, Mauzan (French, 1883 - 1952) moved to Italy in 1905 where he began a career as an illustrator. Four years later he was designing posters for the film industry in Turin. Ricordi picked him up in 1912 and then he moved on to Magagnoli’s Magical press in 1919. By the 1920’s his style had been greatly influenced by Cubism and Art Deco. The success of his poster designs allowed him to set up his own publishing house in 1924, the Mauzan-Morzonty Agency in Milan. With this success behind him he moved to Argentina in 1926 to establish Affiches Mauzan, a second publishing house in Buenos Aires. Four years later he expanded his business by establishing a new poster department for the Cosmos advertising agency. He returned to Italy in 1932 to see his dying wife, and then moved to Paris the following year. Before returning exclusively to painting in 1939, Mauzan had designed over 2,000 posters, many of which were reproduced on at least 1,000 postcards.