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Olympic Games St. Moritz 1948
Artist: Alois Carigiet
Year: 1948
Size: 102 x 64 cm / 40.2 x 25.2″
About this poster
The skier in this chalk-drawn design by Carigiet gives a winning cheer in the Olympic Winter Games of 1948 in St. Moritz. Carigiet’s commercial art style was based on observations of nature and mixed with the traditional elements popular at the time, as this poster shows.
Artist: Alois Carigiet
The graphic designer, painter and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in Trun (Grisons) in 1902 and came to Chur with his family in 1911. After finishing an apprenticeship as a stage painter in Chur, he went to work for a renowned graphic design studio in Zurich from 1923 to 1927. In 1927 he opened his own studio in Zurich, where he spent the next 12 years doing graphic design commissions for tourism, consumer goo... more
The graphic designer, painter and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in Trun (Grisons) in 1902 and came to Chur with his family in 1911. After finishing an ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 3470
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- Company: Schweizerische Verkehrszentrale, SVZ - Schweizerische Zentrale für Verkehrsförderung, SZV - Swiss National Tourist Office, Zurich, CH
- Printer: Eidenbenz & Co. St. Gallen
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- Size: 102 x 64 cm / 40.2 x 25.2″
- Printing technique: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:A Century of Swiss Winter Sports Posters
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