Swissair – Exhibition at the new museum in St. Gallen

Henri Ott was born in Zurich in 1919. From 1935 to 1938 he apprenticed as a sign writer and then studied at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts until 1939. He had a long career as a freelance graphic designer. From the late 1940s he designed many posters for Swissair advertising its various travel destinations. After retiring, Henri Ott became a painter and worked in various techniques. He died in 2009 in Endinge... more