Vintage French School Poster Double-Sided Biology Rossignol Chart 11112611

French vintage school poster biology

A double-sided French vintage school poster biology chart published by Editions Rossignol of Montmorillon, Vienne -- one of the most beloved names in mid-century French classroom illustration. One face is devoted to La Perche (the common perch), the other to La Grenouille (the frog). Both subjects were standard curriculum fare in French primary schools from the 1950s onward, and Rossignol charts like these hung in classrooms across the country for decades.

The graphic quality is immediately engaging: crisp, confident lithographic drawing with a warm palette of olive green, coral pink, golden yellow and slate grey. La Perche presents the full fish in a naturalistic watercolor vignette alongside detailed diagrams of scales, branchial respiration, the digestive tract and a fully labeled skeleton. Flip it over and La Grenouille walks the viewer through the entire amphibian life cycle -- from egg clutch and embryo through tadpole stages 3 to 7, culminating in the jeune grenouille -- alongside a clear rendering of its digestive and respiratory organs. Both sides carry neat French anatomical labels that add graphic rhythm and a pleasing vintage typographic character. Framed under glass, either side makes a graphic and conversation-worthy display in a study, a child's room, a farmhouse kitchen or a naturalist-inspired interior.

Condition and patina consistent with age. Some light toning to the paper ground, as expected for a classroom piece of this era, with minor edge wear; the colors and printed lines remain vivid and fully legible on both sides.

Approx. 35.4 in wide x 29.5 in high (90 x 75 cm).

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