City of San Francisco California - Vintage Airline Travel Poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer c.1948 - 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 - Edward McKnight Kauffer - Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) was born in 1890, in Great Falls, Montana. By 1910 he had moved to San Francisco working as a bookseller and studying art at the California School of Design. At around this time Professor Joseph McKnight of the University of Utah became aware of Kauffer's work, sponsored him and paid to send him to Paris for further study. In gratitude Kauffer took his sponsor's name as a middle name. He arrived in Paris in 1913 and studied at the Académie Moderne until 1914. Kauffer moved to London upon the start of the 1st World War, and he remained there for most of his career. He became one of Europe's most prolific and influential advertising poster artists during the twenties and thirties, and as innovative as his more celebrated French counterpart, A.M. Cassandre. Kauffer may be best known for the 140 posters that he produced for London Underground, and later London Transport. He created posters for Shell Oil and other commercial clients, and also illustrated books and book covers. He returned to New York City in 1940 at the beginning of the 2nd World War and was approached to do a series of posters for American Airlines in 1947. American Airlines remained his primary client until his death in 1954.