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Hans Thöni designed well-known tourism posters for winter resorts in the 1930s and the famous poster motif ‘Der Kluge reist im Zug’ (‘The clever one travels by train’) for the SBB in 1958. The advertising poster for the city of Bern shows Bern Minster (German: Berner Münster) a Swiss Reformed cathedral in the old city of Bern. The colourful and skilfully arranged colour lithograph from 1936 in perfect A-grade condition and in French.
Artist: Hans Thöni
Hans Thoni studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich (School of Applied Arts) and was trained for four years in Paris before settling in Berne. He was an illustrator and a postage stamp, poster and exhibition designer and a founding member of the VSG (Verband Schweizer Grafiker).
Hans Thoni studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich (School of Applied Arts) and was trained for four years in Paris before settling in Berne. He was an ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 1886
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- Printer: Armbruster Söhne, Bern
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- Size: 100 x 63.5 cm / 39.4 x 25″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
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Very good condition. Picture preserved. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Schöne Schweiz - Beautiful Switzerland
Tour de Suisse - Eine nostalgische Reise zu den schönsten Plätzen der Schweiz
