Antilles Central America - (CIE GLE) (French Line) - SS Flandre Cruise Ship - Vintage Ocean Liner Travel Poster by Sandy Hook c.1970s - 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 - Sandy Hook - Sandy-Hook (1879-1960) French illustrator, Taboureau Georges born in Paris in 1879, died in 1960, was most famous under his artist's pseudonym Sandy Hook. A marine art painter whose heyday was between the wars. He produced posters in Art Déco style for the most reputable shipping companies: Courier Maritimes, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Cunard as well as for Peugeot Automobile company. Until 1953 exhibited frequently at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. In 1917, he was named the official painter of the French Admiralty. His illustrations often appeared in the Journal de la Marine Marchande (Merchant Marine Review). In July of 1998 Le Salon du Livre Maritime in Concarneau presented an exhibition of drawings, paintings and posters of Taboureau.