Ernst Mettler

Ernst Mettler was born in 1903 in St. Gallen. He studied graphic design at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts and then worked as a freelance graphic designer and photographer using the logo “Werbefoto Mettler” (Mettler commercial photography) before being hired as a press photographer at Zürcher Illustrierte magazine. His works were shown at an exhibition in 1932-1933 organised by the Schweizerischer Werkbund, a Swiss association for art and design. Unfortunately, Ernst Mettler died in Zurich of a long and severe illness at the young age of 30.

Posters by Ernst Mettler