Caucasus | Vintage Soviet Travel Poster in Teal and Gold

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Caucasus | Vintage Soviet Travel Poster in Teal and GoldThis Soviet era travel poster for the Caucasus region teal and gold, bold and geometrically confident was produced to promote domestic Soviet tourism during the mid 20th century. The Caucasus: mountains, ancient cultures, the boundary between Europe and Asia, and the particular romance that Soviet graphic designers found in the republics beyond Russia. A striking example of Soviet constructivist design applied to leisure and travel. Printed on

His clean flat colours

music history

is among his most powerful calligraphic works

the Three Frogs is a work that seems to defy the gravity of great art — perfectly simple

Superintendent of Works for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and principal decorator of the Crystal Palace

graphic authority

He died at 44

His influence on modern abstraction

and among the most evocative things a collector of history and beauty can own

Neo-Classicism

he worked in painting

Ito Shinsui (1898–1972) was the supreme bijinga artist of the Shin Hanga movement — the painter of Japanese women whose prints combine psychological depth

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