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Jungfrau – Bernese Oberland – Switzerland
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1910
Size: 100 x 70 cm / 39.4 x 27.6″
Price:
On request
About this poster
This iconic stone lithograph by the Swiss master of poster art Emil Cardinaux is a highly effective piece of Jugendstil advertising for the Jungfrau railway. In the foreground lies the “Eismeer”, or sea of ice, where a party of mountaineers make their way between the huge columns of glacier ice. In the background lies the majestic Schreckhorn mountain, and the whole scene is bathed in the dim, bluish light of early dawn. A true rarity not just for poster lovers and Cardinaux collectors.
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 ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 1268
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- Company: Jungfraubahnen, Interlaken, CH
- Brand:Jungfrau-Bahn, CH
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 100 x 70 cm / 39.4 x 27.6″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. - Category:
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- Publications:Paradis à vendre - Un siècle d‘affiches touristiques suisses
Reihe Schweizer Plakatgestalter 2 - Emil Cardinaux 1877 - 1936 - Price:
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