Hawaii By Clipper - Hawaiian Hula Girl - Vintage Airline Travel Poster by John Atherton c.1950s - Fine Art Matte Paper Print (Unframed) 20x26in

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 - John Atherton - John Atherton (1900-1952) John Carlton Atherton was a commercial, illustrative artist. He was born in Brainard, Minnesota on June 7th, 1900. At the age of 20, he moved to San Francisco and attended College of The Pacific as well as The California School of Fine Arts(today, known as The San Francisco Art Institute.) As a commercial artist, he designed many advertisements for companies such as Pan American Airlines, General Motors, Shell Oil, Container Corporation of America and Dole. Atherton, later returned to fine arts painting surrealist landscapes. John Atherton’s commercial and illustrative work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and precise composition. Atherton had no shame in blurring the line between commercial and fine art, though illustrators were (and still are) often considered lesser artists. He said in his statement for the seminal 1943 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, “Any painting lives or will last because it is well painted, regardless of whether it is a potato or a human body. By this I do not mean mere technical dexterity but painting which builds the spirit of the forms.'