Tourists Prefer Shell (Motor Oil) - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd - Vintage Advertising Poster by Tristram Hillier c.1936 - 8 x 12 inch Vintage Metal Tin Sign

Enjoy a taste of Aloha with these vintage-style Metal Art Tin Signs. They will perfectly accent any kitchen, home, Tiki bar, pub, game room, office or garage. - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Tristram Hillier - Tristram Paul Hillier (1905 - 1983) was born in Peking, China. In 1922 he returned to China to study the language, and then until 1924 attended Christ's College, Cambridge. He went to the Slade in 1926, where he studied under Henry Tonks, and then to Paris where he studied for two years under André Lhote, and also at the Atelier Colarossi. where he met and was influenced by the Surrealist painters. He became a member of the Unit One group in 1934. He traveled widely and gradually his work became more realistic and traditional, for which he was criticized. In Paris he met many members of the Surrealist movement; he was particularly influenced by Giorgio de Chirico and Max Ernst. He remained a surrealist painter throughout his life. His first one-man show was at the Lefevre Gallery in 1931; he later exhibited mainly at Tooth's Gallery. From 1933 he was a member of the Unit One group led by Paul Nash.