Lake of Zurich

Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1935
Size: 100 x 70 cm / 39.4 x 27.6″

About this poster

Lake Zurich steamships are among the oldest in the history of navigation. This picturesquely unique advertising poster shows Lake Zurich, the steamship and the Glarus mountain range in the background. Perfect colour lithograph by the Zurich poster master Otto Baumberger from 1935.

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