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Public Swimming Pool of Zweisimmen
Artist: Erica von Kager
Year: 1932
Size: 100 x 70 cm / 39.4 x 27.6″
About this poster
This is a lovely summer holiday travel poster for the village of Zweisimmen in the Bernese Alps. This rare vintage poster features the village’s public swimming pool in the 1930s, which looks extremely inviting in the midst of the beautiful mountain landscape. Rendered in a painterly style in bright, natural blues and greens, it provides a harmonious setting for the holidaymakers engaged in various enjoyable activities such as swimming, playing and sunbathing.
Artist: Erica von Kager
Erica von Kager was born in Zurich in 1890 and died in Bolzano, Italy in 1978. From 1906 to 1908 she studied at the Basel School of Design; in 1908 she attended Académie Julian in Paris. From 1909 to 1912 she studied in Munich and went on study trips to Italy and Vienna. From 1913 she lived in Switzerland and in 1935 she moved to New York. Von Kager painted portraits, genre images and landscapes, designed posters... more
Erica von Kager was born in Zurich in 1890 and died in Bolzano, Italy in 1978. From 1906 to 1908 she studied at the Basel School of Design; in 1908 she atten ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 4888
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- Company: Verkehrsverein Zweisimmen, CH
- Printer: Armbruster Söhne, Bern
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- Size: 100 x 70 cm / 39.4 x 27.6″
- Printing technique:Lithograph in colours
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Excellent. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free linen. - Category:
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