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SCHYNIGE PLATTE INTERLAKEN – Switzerland – Mountain Railway 6463 ft.
Artist: Ernst Hodel
Year: 1936
Size: 101 x 63 cm / 39.8 x 24.8″
About this poster
High above the Lütschental valley in the Bernese Oberland, at about 1400 metres, lies the Schynige Platte, which is only accessible by a cogwheel railway. The view of the town of Interlaken between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz and the surrounding mountains is fantastic. This vintage poster from 1936 by Ernst Hodel shows beautiful Alpine flowers in bloom in front of a glorious panorama of the Bernese mountain range.
Artist: Ernst Hodel
The painter Ernst Hodel jr. was born in Lucerne in 1881. He studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and travelled to Paris and Milan. After the death of his father, who was also a well-known painter, he returned to Lucerne. He painted mainly landscapes, animals and religious genre scenes. He created landscape murals in the railway stations of Lucerne, Berne and Basel and finished his father’s mon... more
The painter Ernst Hodel jr. was born in Lucerne in 1881. He studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and travelled to Paris and Milan. After t ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 2443
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- Company: Verkehrsverein Interlaken, CH
- Printer: Gebr. Fretz AG, Zürich
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- Size: 101 x 63 cm / 39.8 x 24.8″
- Printing technique:Lithograph in colours
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Very good condition. Picture preserved. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free linen. - Category:
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