Berger 45 - Type Marseillais French Liquor - Vintage French Advertising Poster by Roland Ansieau c.1935 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print (Unframed) 18 x 24 in

Pacifica Island Art uses an environmentally-friendly Unryu Japanese rice paper made by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Unryu, which translates to 'cloud dragon paper' in Japanese, features long strands of kozo fiber and is made from natural mulberry and hemp fibers using traditional Japanese Washi techniques - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Roland Ansieau - Roland Ansieau (1901–1987) was an early 20th-century French art deco graphic artist, best known for his 1935 'Berger 45' wine advertisement which is widely reproduced as poster prints. Ansieau also created colorful illustrations for a 1931 seasonal guide to Deauville 'the flowered beach'. Little else is known of his life or work.