American Airlines - San Francisco Chinatown Blue

San Francisco is well known as a tourist destination and one of the highlights for a visitor is Chinatown in the heart of the city. It is portrayed in this image by Dong Kingman is a most festive spirit and it utilizes his style to welcome the viewer to the area. The poster was commissioned by American Airlines in the 1960’s .

American Airlines is a major airline based in Fort Worth, Texas. The company was founded in 1926 as a union of more than eighty small airlines and is the world’s largest airline. American Airlines is a founding member of OneWorld Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world. Through this partnership they are able to coordinate fares and services with Airlines around the world. In 2001, they acquired the well-known Trans World Airlines (TWA). They still operate today out of ten major hubs in the United States.

Dong Kingman (Chinese: March 1911 – May 2000) was a Chinese American artist and one of America's leading watercolor masters. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his urban and landscape paintings, as well as his graphic design work in the Hollywood film industry. He has won widespread critical acclaim and his works are included in over 50 public and private collections worldwide, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum; deYoung Museum and Art Institute, Chicago. – Wikipedia

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