Poster: Picturesque Malaya

Travel poster advertising Malaya. Western style education was introduced during this period. It allowed new approach on understanding nature and environment. The poster which featured watercolour painting, colour and brushstrokes are reminiscent of British watercolour paintings, as well as British style composition which features – a foreground, a middle ground and a distant background.

(Source – Boston Public Library)

Title: Picturesque Malaya
Language: English
Designer: nil
Type of Graphic: Poster
Printer:
Lithographers Ltd., Singapore
Publisher: nil
Date:
1930s
Dimensions: nil
Technique:
Lithograph

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