Louis Macouillard Vintage Tiki Hawaii Cover West Matson Cruise Menu 1960s Tahiti

How Louis Macouillard’s watercolors of Hawaii, California and the South Pacific inspired a life of travel- by Catharine Hamm of the LA Times Idealized, stereotypical beauty. It’s what’s for dinner. These covers of Matson menus, painted by Louis Macouillard, portray a romanticized version of the destinations the line served. The descriptions — “captions,” as it were — paint word pictures that are sometimes laughable and other times offensive. “Most Hawaiians saw them as really pretty pieces of art, for the most part,” Brown, a fourth-generation resident, said of the menus. “Because this older artwork has this nostalgic air to it, a lot of people who would be really critical today will look at this older stuff with affection… and not take it seriously.” Tahiti “Tahiti remains the unspoiled, exquisite Bali Hai of timeless South Sea lore… a dreamland to those who have never seen it and a haunting memory to all who have.” ******* The items I sell are vintage. They will have signs of wear. Please carefully examine photos. ************ All items sold are vintage finds sourced from estate sales and thrift stores in the Hollywood area of Southern California. I do my best to catalog any flaws I find in the description of the item. Your purchase helps me continue to fund my artistic work as a photographer in Hollywood California. It also helps me to feed my increasingly finicky cat who now only wants the most expensive cat food