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Gstaad – the wonderful swimming pool in the Bernese Oberland
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1929
Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
About this poster
Gstaad (1010 m.a.s,) is appreciated by its old, stylish and discreet establishment, a most charming place in the Bernese Oberland with its chalet style hotels or chalet apartments. Gstaad is better known for its residents than for its skiing . Popular with non-skiers who like to play the „who‘s that in the sun glasses“ game as they sit around in restaurants, in the „piscine“ or stroll up and down the main street. The art deco poster dated 1929 shows the elegant swimming pool at the time and is a very rare stone lithograph by the famous and mostly appreciated Otto Baumberger.
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 ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 3723
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- Company: Verkehrsverein Gstaad, CH
- Brand:Gstaad, BE, CH
- Printer: Gebr. Fretz AG, Zürich
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- Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
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Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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