ORIGINAL Vintage Travel Poster AFRICA Ostrich SAS Scandinavian Airline NIELSEN

Description

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM S.A.S.
AFRICA
1960
ARTIST:
OTTO NIELSEN (1916 - 2000)
Description:
ORIGINAL Vintage Airlines Travel Poster published by SAS, Scandanavian Airlines System, to promote travel to Africa. The illustration was created by Otto Nielsen in his recognizable style and captures the elegance of four running ostriches. The ostrich is a
large flightless bird native to Africa
.
It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs, and can run at up to about 70 km/h (19 m/s; 43 mph), the fastest land speed of any bird. The ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest eggs of any living bird.
Scandinavian Airlines, often shortened to SAS (previously Scandinavian Airlines System and legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden) is the flag carrier of Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and the largest airline in Scandinavia.
The airline was founded in 1946 as a consortium to pool the transatlantic operations of Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik, Det Norske Luftfartselskap and Det Danske Luftfartselskab. The consortium was extended to cover European and domestic cooperation two years later. In 1951, all the airlines were merged to create SAS.
SAS is also one of the founding members of the world's largest alliance, Star Alliance.
Margin Text:
“PRINTED IN DENMARK BY OFFSET AXEL ANDREASEN & SONNER COPENHAGEN”
Displays beautifully.
Artist:
Otto Nielsen (1916-2000)
Danish artist who produced many posters for SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System). In the 1960’s Otto Nielsen promoted the romance and excitement of faraway lands with his series of posters for the Danish airline SAS. Nielsen was a watercolor painter who when tasked with this graphic challenge, came up with the clever idea of depicting animals traveling two by two to exotic destinations.
Otto Nielsen, was born in Aarhus, Denmark where he was educated at Gustavus Bach's Character College in 1934-35. He loved to travel, and  he started work with the airline DDL in 1946 prior to moving to SAS airlines, his work was reproduced on SAS calendars and travel posters from 1954 to 1976.
He wrote and illustrated many books,including travel books. In 1973 and 1993 he made posters for the Tivoli Gardens. Otto Nielsen's artwork has been exhibited in many museums. In addition Otto Nielsen's works are represented at the Museum of  Decorative Art, the Museum of Danish cartoonists, Danish Revy Museum,  Danish Poster Museum, Arts Museum, the Moderna Museet and Bryn Artiyn Library in Pennsylvania.
Condition and dimensions:
In good condition!
Poster has some minor edge wear and pin holes at corners, not noticeable. Professionally repaired tear (using non-acidic linen tape) on bottom left (please review photos). Minor creasing at top and bottom of poster. Not very noticeable. Clean and vivid colors!
Poster: 24.5 X 39.5 Inches (62.23 X 100.33 cm)
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