About this poster
This poster with the picturesque view of Luzern instantly takes the viewer to a different world. The delicate art deco design of Otto Baumberger creates a romantic and dreamy mood with it’s soft pastel colours. The image with the picturesque view of Lucerne instantly takes the viewer to a different world. The delicate art deco image of Otto Baumberger creates a romantic and dreamy mood with it’s soft pastel colours. A very rare and beautiful poster in stone lithograph printing of the native of Zurich, Baumberger regarded himself primarily as a painter, creating posters merely to generate some income. Neverthelesse, Baumberger produced a magnificent body of more than 200 posters, distinguished not by a style, but by stylistic diversity - each perfectly suited to the clients' needs.
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Otto Baumberger was born in Zurich in 1889. He served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and took courses at the Zurich Art School (Kunstgewerbeschule) from 1905 to 1907. After that, he studied at the Art Schools of Munich and Paris until 1910. From 1911 to 1913, he worked at the printing company J.E. Wolfensberger as a draughtsman and artistic director. Then, until the start of the First World War, he had his ow... more
Otto Baumberger was born in Zurich in 1889. He served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and took courses at the Zurich Art School (Kunstgewerbeschule) from ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 1414
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- Company: Verkehrsverein Luzern, CH
- Brand:LUZERN Kappellbrücke - Lucerne, CH
- Printer: J.C. Bucher Luzern
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A/J
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Reihe Schweizer Plakatgestalter 4 - Otto Baumberger 1889 - 1961