Ernst Keller

Ernst Keller was born 1891 in Aarau, died 1968 in Zurich/Switzerland, Ernst Keller was first trained as a draughtsman and lithographer in 1906, worked in Leipzig/Germany until 1914. He was one of the fathers of Swiss graphic design, teaching design and typography in Zurich’s famous Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Art) from 1918 until he retired in 1956, where he established several training programs in design and typography and was called „the father of Swiss graphics“. He is famous for his posters for the Kunstgewerbemuseum Zurich, for several charity organizations, for heraldic logos (like the one for the canton of Glarus) and after his retirement for his work as a sculpturer.

Posters by Ernst Keller