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Otto Ernst apprenticed as a graphic designer, studied in Florence and Paris and became a student of Eugène Grasset at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in 1910. Ernst worked as a freelance painter and graphic designer and travelled all over Europe. He captured his impressions in his paintings and his poster style is characterised by a realistic style. This poster for the Pilatus railway is a beautiful and impressive stone lithograph from 1933 and is very rare.
Artist: Otto Ernst
Otto ERNST was born in 1884 in he Swiss canton of Aargau. After his apprenticeship as a graphic designer, he studied in Florence and in Paris where in 1910 he became a student of Eugène Grasset at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. He worked both in the printing industry and as a freelance painter and graphic designer and travelled extensively throughout Europe, capturing his impressions in his paintings. Er... more
Otto ERNST was born in 1884 in he Swiss canton of Aargau. After his apprenticeship as a graphic designer, he studied in Florence and in Paris where in 1910 h ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 1751
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- Company: Pilatus-Bahn, CH
- Brand:LUZERN Kappellbrücke - Lucerne, CH
- Printer: Trüb-Druck, Aarau
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- Size: 100 x 62 cm / 39.4 x 24.4″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
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Excellent. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free linen. - Category:
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- Publications:Paradis à vendre - Un siècle d‘affiches touristiques suisses
