Izmir Turkey - Turkey Touring and Automobile Club - Vintage Travel Poster by Ihap Hulusi Görey c.1940 - 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 - Ihap Hulusi Görey - İhap Hulusi Görey (1898 – 1986) was the first Turkish graphic artist best known for his illustrations on posters and labels of several Turkish brands in the Republican era. Ihap Hulusi’s first work was the illustration for a toothpaste advertisement poster. In 1929 he established his first workshop in Istanbul and designed 1930 the famous bottle label for the Turkish liquor Raki brand 'Kulüp Rakısı'. This artwork on the bottle label is still in use today. He designed the bottle labels of various products of the Turkish State Monopoly 35 years long. He illustrated also posters for the famous brands like the British whisky John Haig, Italian Cinzano and Fernet Branca. Görey designed also logos for some companies, which helped them get easily recognized and well known. In his late life he was much involved in performing calligraphy. He was called the 'man who illustrated the Republic' or the 'king of the graphic art'.