Arosa – Grisons – Switzerland

Artist: Alois Carigiet
Year: 1931
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″

About this poster

This unique, decorative poster was designed in the early 1930s by the well-known Graubünden painter Alois Carigiet. The lady in the very short red sports suit glides happily down the slope on her skis - a simple and clear advertising message for the winter sports resort of Arosa.

Artist: Alois Carigiet

The graphic designer, painter and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in Trun (Grisons) in 1902 and came to Chur with his family in 1911. After finishing an apprenticeship as a stage painter in Chur, he went to work for a renowned graphic design studio in Zurich from 1923 to 1927. In 1927 he opened his own studio in Zurich, where he spent the next 12 years doing graphic design commissions for tourism, consumer goo... more

The graphic designer, painter and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in Trun (Grisons) in 1902 and came to Chur with his family in 1911. After finishing an ...

apprenticeship as a stage painter in Chur, he went to work for a renowned graphic design studio in Zurich from 1923 to 1927. In 1927 he opened his own studio in Zurich, where he spent the next 12 years doing graphic design commissions for tourism, consumer goo... more