France of the Pacific - New Caledonia - L’ile de Lumiére (The Island of Light) - Vintage Travel Poster by Monique Cras c.1954 - Fine Art Matte Paper Print (Unframed) 16x20in

Enjoy a taste of Aloha with these beautiful Fine Art Prints by Pacifica Island Art - printed in Maui, Hawaii. This print will look wonderful framed in the home, office or restaurant and is perfect for the Vintage Art Collector. - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Monique Cras - MONIQUE CRAS (1910-2007), FRENCH ARTIST Monique was born in Brest as the daughter of celebrated composer Jean Cras. She studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris where she became a protégée of the celebrated artist Jean-Paul Laurens. During the 1940s and 1950s, the Ministry of Culture delegated her to paint the peoples of France's Second Colonial Empire, notably in the Pacific, Saharan and Sub-Saharan provinces. Until the early 1990s, she worked in restoration and preservation for many museums, both private and public. Her paintings hang in many galleries across Europe and in private collections, ranging in style from the early Fauvist to the Naturalist schools inherent to post-Impressionism.