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Swiss Railways – Joyful Youth
Artist: Ernst Morgenthaler
Year: 1944
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price:
CHF650
About this poster
The famous Bernese painter Ernst Morgenthalter was working and living amongst the Swiss artists Hodler, Burri, Amiet or Wieland. His works reflect a subtle and careing approach and his themes always concentrate on motives of his own daily life. He once said that he could only draw and create what he had seen or lived himself. This poster was created towards the end of WWII and promotes travelling by Swiss railways.
Artist: Ernst Morgenthaler
Ernst Morgenthaler was born in 1887 in the canton of Berne. He didn’t like his first job as a clerk, so he dedicated himself to drawing instead. In 1912 and 1913 he took drawing courses in Zurich and Berlin, and at 27 he went to Cuno Amiet to learn oil painting. In 1915 he met Paul Klee in Munich. In 1920, he started being successful and taking part in numerous exhibitions. In 1928 he moved to Paris with his fam... more
Ernst Morgenthaler was born in 1887 in the canton of Berne. He didn’t like his first job as a clerk, so he dedicated himself to drawing instead. In 1912 an ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 81
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- Company: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB CFF FFS, Bern, CH
- Brand:SBB - CFF - FFS - Swiss Federal Railways
- Printer: Wassermann AG, Basel, CH
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Stone 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:50 Jahre Schweizer Plakate, ausgezeichnet vom Eidg. Dep. des Innern - 50 years Swiss Posters selected by the Federal Department of Home Affairs
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