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Swiss Post Buses – Swiss Alpine Postal Motor Coaches
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1922
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
About this poster
What an impressive, beautiful and very rare stone lithograph to advertise the crossing of the Alps by Postbus cabriolets in the early 1920s - slower than today - but it was certainly a unique treat for travellers. The Postbus rapidly replaced the stagecoaches in the 20th century and took on an important tourist function on the Alpine routes. This unique and highly collectible Art Deco poster by Emil Cardinaux impresses with its colours, print production and creative idea, as he was one of the most important artists for alpine poster advertising ever.
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Emil CARDINAUX (1877 Bern 1936)
Towards the end of the 19th century, the Swiss art scene underwent thorough transformation. The central figure in this development was the painter Ferdinand Hodler. He was the first among Swiss artists who dared to radically be himself. Even though Hodler never took on students, the art world soon coined the term “Hodlerians” for a small group of Bernese artists. What the... more
Emil CARDINAUX (1877 Bern 1936)
Towards the end of the 19th century, the Swiss art scene underwent thorough transformation. The central figure in this ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 2421
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- Company: PTT Schweizerische Post, Bern, CH
- Brand:POSTAUTO - Postbus - Swiss Postal Coaches
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A-/J
Very good condition. Picture preserved. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Der Kluge reist im Zuge - Hundert Jahre SBB
Reihe Schweizer Plakatgestalter 2 - Emil Cardinaux 1877 - 1936
