Atlanta Georgia - Delta Air Lines - Vintage Travel Poster by Fred Sweney c.1960s - Fine Art Matte Paper Print (Unframed) 18x24in

Enjoy a taste of Aloha with these beautiful Fine Art Prints by Pacifica Island Art - printed in Maui, Hawaii. This print will look wonderful framed in the home, office or restaurant and is perfect for the Vintage Art Collector. - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Fred Sweney - Fred Sweney (1912-1996) was a renowned wildlife artist who was commissioned by Delta Airlines in the 1960's to design 28 travel posters. Born in Pennsylvania, he studied at the Cleveland School of Art, and became an illustrator, painter, author and teacher. Focusing on natural history subjects early in his career, he won a prize in an exhibition of bird art at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 1939. Sweney contributed articles and illustrations to national magazines including Sports Afield, Nature, Outdoors and Outdoors Man. He created the artwork for the Minnesota-based Brown & Bigelow publishing company's wildlife calendars for 10 years. By 1956 he was a professor at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida and wrote several instructional art books in the years to follow.