France - Gallic Rooster Weathervane - Château de Chambord Castle - Vintage Airline Travel Poster by Jean Picart Le Doux c.1956 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print 24 x 32 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 - Jean Picart Le Doux - JEAN PICART LE DOUX (1902-1982) Jean Picart Le Doux, son of the painter Charles Picart Le Doux (1881-1959). Without specialized training, he made his debut in bookbinding and publishing, and then he turned to advertising and graphic arts and publishing his first works in 1935. In 1950, heproposed the idea of ​​the 'Alliance Graphique Internationale' during a meeting at an exhibition in Basel, where he met with famous poster artist Jean Jacques Colin, Nathan, Fritz Buhler and Donald Brown. AGI was officially founded on November 22, 1952 and Picart Le Doux became it's first president. He is buried in Père-Lachaise cemetary in Paris.