Denmark - Danish Landscape - Vintage Travel Poster by Ole Kortzau c.1976 - 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 - Ole Kortzau - OLE KORTZAU (1939- ) was born in 1939 and graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1966. He began his career as an architect, and formed a small collaborative of architects called Gronne Studio in 1973. After three years, he quickly grew dissatisfied with the field. Architecture was too stringent and removed from the area where he had the most interest: designing items within the home. He then began to freelance in the area of design, keeping a small notebook with his ideas sketched out within. He is probably most well known for his series of Danish beachscape postcards, which were very popular during the 70's and 80's, however he has also created a number of designs for such varied firms as Georg Jensen, Holmegaard Glass, Kvadrat (textiles), and Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactury.