Designer: | Baumberger, Otto (1889-1960) |
Country: | Switzerland |
Decade: | 1940 |
Year: | 1940 |
Dimensions: | 102 x 64 cm (40 x 25 in.) |
Condition: | Mint | | A |
Publisher: | SBB |
Printed by: | Gebrüder Fretz AG, Zürich |
Category: |
Railroad Travel |
A cool Swiss railroad poster promoting Switzerland as a country with All-Electric Trains everywhere. The poster depicts the Eglisau railway bridge across the river Rhine in Switzerland.
The designer, Otto Baumberger, was one of the first Swiss graphic artists to have a career that responds to the occupational title of “poster designer”. He acquired a thorough knowledge of lithographic technique and designed more than two hundred posters. Baumberger was far ahead of his time in recognizing fundamental aspects of consumer goods advertising.
In excellent condition.