Napoléon Bonaparte - Directed by Abel Gance - Vintage French Film Movie Poster by René Péron c.1927 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print (Unframed) 17 x 22 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 - René Péron - René Péron designed more than 2,000 cinema posters between 1930 and 1960, including posters for major films such as La Belle Marinière (1932), King Kong (1933), L'Eternel Retour (1943), Jour de fête (1947). ), French Cancan (1954), And God Created Woman (1956) or Spartacus (1960). In 1941, he produced an anti-Semitic propaganda poster for the French League4 on the occasion of the exhibition "Le Juif et la France"5. In the 1950s, he signed the cover of many novels (especially crime novels) as well as illustrations for club editions (L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand6). After 1960, he devoted himself to the illustration of children's books (collection "Tales and legends" at Nathan) and school books.