A friend recently sent this sheet with an example of how the chromolithogrphy color prints were created. Each image shows the color on that particular run. After 5 runs the card has the full color picture. The printing and cutting would have to be extremely precise in order to achieve the full perfectly colored picture.
The stamp on the example is French and features Paul Sérusier 1864-1927. It was issued in 2007, thus the process would not be exactly the same as it was when the Christmas card was sent in 1914, but similar enough to give the viewer an idea of how it was done. I thought it was interesting and worth sharing. As always, thank you to my friend who sent the sheet.
Sérusier was a French Post-Impressionist painter who was also a pioneer of abstract art. For other examples of his work and biographical information, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_S%C3
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