Friday 9 August 2024

Swiss Travel Posters - Part 6

 On his first trip to Switzerland in 1878, Mark Twain noted that "regions which were unvisited and unknown remoteness a hundred years ago, are in our days a buzzing hive of restless strangers." Though most of Switzerland looks completely untouched by man, Twain was likely noting the tremendous feat of Swiss infrastructure that includes railways, trams, funiculars, cablecars, and endless hiking trails. While World War I raged on, Switzerland focused its efforts on drawing the population to its bountiful beauty.

This is part 6 of a 6-part series on Swiss Travel Posters:


1958 Swissair to the Middle East
artist Fritz Buhler

1958 Swissair to the USA
artist Donald Brun*


*Note: A series on the works of Donald Brun can be found in the index of this blog.

c1958 Jungfrau Région
artist Ed. Weber

c1958 Locarno
artist Daniele Buzzi

1959 Bern - Loetschberg - Simplon
artist Viktor Surbek

1959 Rochers de Naye
artist Savoca

1959 Saint-Gothard
artist Hans Schoellhorn

1960 Lugano 2-X-1960
Festa della Vendemmia
artist Daniele Buzzi

c1960 Arosa
artist Wolfgang Hausamann

c1960 Davos Parsenn
artist Herbert Leupin

c1960 Schweiz
artist Fritz Buhler

1961 Basel
artist Markus Schneider

1961 Swissair Japan
artist Nikolaus Schwabe

1961 Swissair Mediterranean
artist Nikolaus Schwabe

1961 Swissair Middle East
artist Nikolaus Schwabe

1961 Swissair South America
artist Nikolaus Schwabe

1961 Swissair Switzefrland
artist Nikolaus Schwabe

1962 Schweiz-Stop-Ski-Stop-Schwung-Stop
designer Franz Fassler

1963 Central Switzerland
artist Hugo Wetli

1963 Schwei
 artist Hugo Wetli

1963 Schwei
 artist Hugo Wetli

c1963 Montreux Switzerland
artist Pierre L. Brenot

1964 Ferienplan - Ferienbahn - SBB
artist Rolf Dürig

1964 Les Diablerets
artist Martin Piekert

1964 Schweiz
artist Hugo Wetli

1964 Ticino
artist Hugo Wetli

1965 Schweiz
artist Hugo Wetli

c1965 back to nature
Switzerland
artist At. Creux

c1966 Winter Holidays twice as grand - in Switzerland
designer Philipp Giegel

1967 Fetes de Geneve
artist Jean Pol Reimers

1967 Vacances d'Hiver Sommet des Vacances
artist Peter Kunz

1968 Lenk
artist Jacobsen

1968 Zurich
artist Hans Erni

1970 st. gallen
artist R. Geisser

c1970 Berner Oberland
artist Heinrich C. Berann

1970s back to nature
Switzerland
artist At. Crelix

1974 ...world ski championships 1974
designer Eugen Bachmann

1987 Akta Alpluft Gör Er Slank
photo Phillipe Giegel

1987 Die Genfer Internationale Messe für Buch und Presse
artist Laurent Cocchi

1992 Crans-Montana
 artist Jean-Marie Grand

1992 Crans-Montana
artist Jean-Marie Grand

1996 Fêtes de Genève
artist Sylvie Kauffman-Vu

1999 Fête des Vignerons 1999
artist Etienne Delessert

n.d. Gstaad Berner Oberland
artist Charles Avalon

Wednesday 7 August 2024

Swiss Travel Posters - Part 5

 On his first trip to Switzerland in 1878, Mark Twain noted that "regions which were unvisited and unknown remoteness a hundred years ago, are in our days a buzzing hive of restless strangers." Though most of Switzerland looks completely untouched by man, Twain was likely noting the tremendous feat of Swiss infrastructure that includes railways, trams, funiculars, cablecars, and endless hiking trails. While World War I raged on, Switzerland focused its efforts on drawing the population to its bountiful beauty.

This is part 5 of a 6-part series on Swiss Travel Posters:


c1950 Lucerne
artist Magoni Schmidlin


c1950 Rigi
Sonnen-insel
artist Albert Rüegg

c1950 Rochers de Naye
artist Herbert Berthold Libiszewski

c1950 Rochers de Naye
Montreux
(artist unknown)

c1950 Saint-Imier
Mont -Soleil     Chasseral
artist Alain Groslimond

c1950 Serpiano
Brusino-Arsizio
Lago di Lugano - Svizzera
(artist unknown)

c1950 St. Moritz
Les Bains
artist Martin Peikert

c1950 höchstleistungen auf
St. Moritzer schnee und eis
artist T. Stahly

c1950 Tesserete - Lugano
artist Luigi Rossi

c1950 Zinal
Station d'Été et d'Hiver
artist Erich Hermès

c1950s The Electric Simplon Line
artist Otto Baumburger

1950s Davos
artist Otto Glaser

1950s Postes suisses
Autocars alpestres
artist Max Hegetschweiler

1950s L'Heure des Sports d'Hiver en Suisse
artist Herbert Leupin

1952 Lugano
artist Daniele Buzzi

1952 Région du Léman Suisse
artist Alex Guhl

1952 St. Moritz
artist Hugo Laubi

c1952 Tessin
artist Daniele Buzzi

1953 Davos
artist Wolfgang Hausamann

1953 Fêtes de Genève
14-15-16-17 Août 1953
artist Jatcek Stryienski

1953 Thun Plage - Strandbad
artist Etienne Clare

1953 vacanze riposanti in Svizzera
artist Alois Carigiet

1954 23e. Fête des Narcisses Montreux
artist Noel Fontanet

1954 Chexbres
Le Balcon du Léman
artist Leonz Fluckiger

1954 Lugano
 Corteo Festa della Vendemmia
artist Daniele Buzzi

c1955 die Schweiz
artist Pierre Monnerat

c1955 Lac Léman
artist Franck Chabry

1956 Davos
artist Otto Glaser

1957 75 Anni di Ferrovia S.Gottardo
artist Rolf Dürig

1957 Aarau Ladet Ein
(can't decipher the artist's signature)

1957 Arosa
artist Donald Brun

1957 En route pour la Suisse
artist Carigiet

1957 Genfersee
artist Albert R. Dutoit

1957 Grindelwald First
artist Hugo Wetli

1957 Lugano Festa della Vendemma
artist Daniele Buzzi

1957 Montreux Narzissenfest
artist Line

1957 Neuchatel 5-6 Oct, 1957
Fete des Vendanges
artist Alex Billeter

1957 SBB
IHR Wagen
artist Peter Birkhäuser

1957 Schweizerland Sonnenland
artist Hans Falk

1957 Swissair
the Greatest Ski-lift in the World
artist Hugo Wetli

1958 Fêtes de Genève
15-16-17-18 août 1958
artist Luder

1958 Swissair to Europe
artist Fritz Buhler

1958 Swissair to the Mediterranean
artist Fritz Buhler