Menton France - Pearl of France - Le Pont Saint-Louis Bridge - Vintage Travel Poster by F. Hugo D’Alési c.1895 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print 24 x 32 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 - F. Hugo D’Alési - FRIEDRICH HUGO D'ALESI (1849-1906) F. Hugo D’Alesi was a painter and French graphic designer (born in Romania), who created a large number of posters for tourist, shipping and railway companies such as Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM), Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (P.O.) und Chemin de fer de l’Est. He also created posters for automakers and the military and for destinations at the French Riviera, the Alps and the Pyrenees. Following the Commission of school decoration, he was approached to do the work of school imagery, especially Blackboards (thematic maps) that were presented at the 1900 World Fair .