Everything became one: the solitude, the danger, the silence, and the urgency of my mission. We were in a dazzling and secret world of nature which at the same time was a growing menace of cold, snow and persecution.
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Those who were with me knew how to make their way forward between the dense leaves of the forest, but to feel safer they marked their route by slashing with their machetes here and there in the bark of the great trees, leaving tracks which they would follow back when they had left me alone with my destiny.Įach of us made his way forward filled with this limitless solitude, with the green and white silence of trees and huge trailing plants and layers of soil laid down over centuries, among half-fallen tree trunks which suddenly appeared as fresh obstacles to bar our progress. There were no tracks and no paths, and I and my four companions, riding on horseback, pressed forward on our tortuous way, avoiding the obstacles set by huge trees, impassable rivers, immense cliffs and desolate expanses of snow, blindly seeking the quarter in which my own liberty lay. Great forests make these inaccessible areas like a tunnel through which our journey was secret and forbidden, with only the faintest signs to show us the way. So remote are we Chileans that our boundaries almost touch the South Pole, recalling the geography of Sweden, whose head reaches the snowy northern region of this planet.ĭown there on those vast expanses in my native country, where I was taken by events which have already fallen into oblivion, one has to cross, and I was compelled to cross, the Andes to find the frontier of my country with Argentina. I refer to the way in which my country stretches down to the extreme South. We also carry a collection of modern subjects which lovingly revive the charm of 20 th Century art and design.My speech is going to be a long journey, a trip that I have taken through regions that are distant and antipodean, but not for that reason any less similar to the landscape and the solitude in Scandinavia. The collection includes key designs by James Northfield, Australia's best-loved graphic artist of the era. Vintage Portfolio is Australia's leading producer of vintage travel posters and advertising posters from the 1930 s, 1940 s and beyond. Ideal as a souvenir or memento of New South Wales for either visitors or expatriate Australians, the design also incorporates authentic typographic treatments such as the distinctive 'tuning fork' Y character in "SYDNEY" as well as a delightfully hand-rendered script declaring Sydney "Australia's Most Splendid City".
Carefully rendered details include Luna Park, the Opera House, Centrepoint Tower and a host of other recognisable landmarks which can provide hours of pleasure for Australians and their families at home or abroad. The Harbour Bridge dominates the scene, linking the North Shore in the foreground with the towers of the CBD and beyond. For over ten years we have offered stringent autheticity to the original poster designs, as well as the best quality materials and colour fidelity in the market. Beware of cheap imported copies of these designs.
Īvailable in a huge range of sizes as Sydney art canvas, paper art print or framed, all our prints are the official versions created by Art Strategies.
This glorious Australian art print, designed by the skilled artists at Art Strategies, depicts Sydney Harbour in all its majesty. The grandaddy of our vintage posters, the venerable Melbourne design by James Northfield may have made it onto Channel 9s 'The Block' this year, but those with a soft spot for Sydney will be able to show their colours too, with this spectacular and amazingly detailed design.
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