Chur Arosa Railway, Emil Cardinaux
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Chur Arosa Railway

Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1915
Size: 127.5 x 90 cm / 50.2 x 35.4″

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The Chur-Arosa Railroad, whose terminal stations lie approximately sixteen miles apart with a difference in altitude of 3,789 feet, was opened to the public on 11 December, 1914. In spite of the fact that the first World War had already begun, it was decided that the opening was crucial for a successful winter tourist season in the village of Arosa. The importance of the Chur-Arosa line for the region can hardly be overestimated: Arosa (1775m) is probably the only major Swiss tourist area where more than fifty percent of all guests arrive by train, as it can otherwise only be reached by a curvy road. And yet there's neither a track nor a viaduct to be found in this majestic Cardinaux poster for the railway, simply the breathtaking beauty of the last of the day's golden sun setting on Arosa and the distant Alpine peaks, and the valley sinking into blue shadow.

Artist: Emil Cardinaux

Emil CARDINAUX (1877 Bern 1936)

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Swiss art scene underwent thorough transformation. The central figure in this development was the painter Ferdinand Hodler. He was the first among Swiss artists who dared to radically be himself. Even though Hodler never took on students, the art world soon coined the term “Hodlerians” for a small group of Bernese artists. What the... more

Emil CARDINAUX (1877 Bern 1936)

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Swiss art scene underwent thorough transformation. The central figure in this ...

development was the painter Ferdinand Hodler. He was the first among Swiss artists who dared to radically be himself. Even though Hodler never took on students, the art world soon coined the term “Hodlerians” for a small group of Bernese artists. What the... more
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