Melchior Annen

Melchior Annen was born in Schwyz in 1868, completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer in Einsiedeln and was trained as a draftsman in Donauwörth and Nuremberg. He later worked as a draftsman and painter at the Orell Füssli Graphic Institute in Zurich and, after a stay in Paris, ran his own studio for poster art and illustrations in Zurich. After study trips to Italy and Austria, he returned to Schwyz in 1919 and designed playing cards and book illustrations.

Posters by Melchior Annen