Zurich – The Metropolis of Switzerland

Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1928
Size: 128.5 x 91 cm / 50.6 x 35.8″

About this poster

This unique and rare stone lithograph from the Art Deco era by the famous and talented Zurich poster master Otto Baumberger is in a class of its own. In a geometric abstract view of Zurich, Baumberger arranged the Grossmünster and the Helmhaus in the foreground and Lake Zurich and the snow-covered Glarus Alps in the background. A masterpiece of Swiss poster art.

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