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Simplon – Electric Simplon Line

Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1929
Size: 102 x 64 cm / 40.2 x 25.2″
Price: CHF1800

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A beautiful and colourful art deco poster designed by Otto Baumberger for the Electric Simplon Railway company showing the Valais village Sion. Switzerland and Italy can be easily reached by the Simplon tunnel which was built underneath the Swiss Alps. This wonderful image by the famous Zurich artist Otto Baumberger demonstrates the picturesque landscape of Sion to the highest level. The romantic city with the two medieval castels in the background is one of finest litographs created by the master of Swiss poster art Otto Baumberger and a beautiful stone lithograph from 1929.

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 ...

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