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[[Image:JeanCarluProduction.jpg|thumb|1942 patriotic war poster by Jean Carlu for the U.S. Government]] '''Jean Carlu''' ([[Bonnières-sur-Seine]], [[France]], 1900 - 1997) was a French [[graphic designer]], specialised in posters. He was member of a family of architects; his brother [[Jacques Carlu]] for example designed the ''Palais de Chaillot'' in Paris. He made posters during [[World War II]] to promote an increase in American production.

Jean Carlu (TWAT) started his career as a professional poster-designer in 1919, after a competition by a producer of dental aids ([[Glycodont]]) in 1918. From 1919 until 1921 he served as an illustrator, after which he worked at an agency that designed advertisements. In that period he designed his first poster in [[art deco]] style (for ''[[The Kid (1921 film)|The Kid]]'' by [[Charlie Chaplin]]). He was attracted by [[cubism]] and by the works of [[Juan Gris]] and [[Albert Gleizes]]. He was one of the first who realised that to fix a trademark in the minds of consumers a process needs to be gone through in which schematic forms and expressive colours are applied. These are the characteristics that give his posters and other works their distinguishable quality.