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Switzerland Alpine Postal Motor Coaches – Swiss Alpine Postal Motor Coaches
Artist: Wilhelm Friedrich Burger
Year: 1937
Size: 100 x 62 cm / 39.4 x 24.4″
Price:
CHF1800
About this poster
The Swiss painter Wilhelm Friedrich Burger was known for his precise, painterly and sensitive renderings of mountain motifs and landscape posters. Famous are his works for the Jungfrau Railway, the Engadine or the Alpine post buses, such as this design from 1937 which was printed in various languages. Rare, perfect colour lithograph with Dutch text.
Artist: Wilhelm Friedrich Burger
Wilhelm Friedrich Burger was born in Zurich in 1882. He apprenticed as a lithographer and then studied at the Zurich school of arts and crafts and at the academy in Karlsruhe. In the first decade of the 20th century he worked as a graphic designer in London, New York, Philadelphia and Boston. In 1913 he settled in Rüschlikon on Lake Zurich. Burger was a specialist for landscape posters and famous for his beautifu... more
Wilhelm Friedrich Burger was born in Zurich in 1882. He apprenticed as a lithographer and then studied at the Zurich school of arts and crafts and at the aca ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 4618
- Artist:
- Company: PTT Schweizerische Post, Bern, CH
- Brand:PTT - POSTAUTO - Postbus - Swiss Postal Coaches
- Printer: J.C. Müller AG, Zürich
- Country:
- Size: 100 x 62 cm / 39.4 x 24.4″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. - Category:
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- Price:
CHF1800
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