Born 1894 in Aarau, Swiss-Belgian commercial artist Leo Marfurt moved to Belgium in 1921, marrying there in 1922. He set up his own business in Brussels under the name
Les Créations Publicitaires (“Advertising Creations”) in 1927. His customers included the Brussels World Fairs of 1935 and 1958, Minerva automobiles, Chrysler, Belga cigarettes, cross-channel ferries, and railways in both Belgium and the United Kingdom.
Marfurt was best known for his posters of the 1930s, in an innovative Art Deco style that sometimes incorporated elements of Futurism, Cubism and Surrealism.
Marfurt died in Antwerp in 1977. Here below is a set of impressive posters designed by Leo Marfurt in the 1920s and 1930s.
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| Belga Cigarettes, circa 1920s |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 1928 |
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| The Main Lines (Les Grandes Communications), 1928 |
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| Bezoekt de Tentoonstelling van Antwerpen, 1930 |
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| Boule Nationale, circa 1930 |
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| Cigarillos Jubilé Americano, circa 1930 |
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| Exposition Internationale Coloniale Maritime Art Flamand, Anvers, 1930 |
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| Exposition Internationale Coloniale Maritime et d'Art Flamand, Anvers, 1930 |
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| Royal Hunt Stout, circa 1930 |
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| Belgian National Railway, Dover - Ostend, 1932 |
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| Antwerpen inhuldiging der tunnels onder de Schelde, 1933 |
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| Cigares Unico, 1933 |
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| Exposition internationale de la poupée, Anvers, December 1934 |
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| Brussel Wereldtentoonstelling, 1935 |
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| Brussel Internationale Jaarbeurs, April 1937 |
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| Belgium, The Coast, 1938 |
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| International Industries Fair in Brussels, March 1938 |
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