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Kulm Hotel – Tabarin Sunny Corner – Tango Tea
Artist: Philipp Arlen
Year: 1920
Size: 102 x 71 cm / 40.2 x 28″
About this poster
“Sherlock Holmes needed his Watson. Pierre Curie needed his Marie. One of the most famous couples in the history of tourism is undoubtedly the Engadine St. Moritz holiday resort and the Kulm Hotel St. Moritz. The historic Kulm Hotel dates from the time that Engadine St. Moritz became the world’s first winter holiday resort. The hotel has played a central part in the resort’s success story that has lasted 160 years so far; from the original pioneering spirit of the 19th century to the innovations of the present” - so says the current homepage of the luxury hotel Kulm St. Moritz. The painter and designer Philipp Arlen left behind only a small oeuvre of posters. This one is characterised by a detailed, realistic painting style that betrays the illustrator. Fine drawings of people, which can always be read as social character studies, define the figures on his posters. This rare original poster by Arlen advertises the Tango Tea at the Kulm Hotel in the 1920s and reflects his soft, narrative and detailed style of design. Rarity.
Artist: Philipp Arlen
Philipp Arlen first completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer in St. Gallen, then studied art in Leipzig and from 1897 to 1900 at a private art school in Munich. Longer stays in Paris, England and Italy rounded off his years of training. From 1917 to 1935 Arlen worked as a commercial artist and illustrator in St. Gallen and Zurich. In 1936 he settled in the Locarno region and devoted himself to his free art. H... more
Philipp Arlen first completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer in St. Gallen, then studied art in Leipzig and from 1897 to 1900 at a private art school in ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 5701
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- Brand:ST. MORITZ - GRISONS, CH
- Printer: Seitz & Co. St. Gallen
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- Size: 102 x 71 cm / 40.2 x 28″
- Printing technique:Lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A-/J
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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