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One sheet vintage travel poster titled
"The Electric St. Gotthard Line", created by the Swiss artist Otto Baumberger in 1935.
Poster Details
Artist: Otto Baumberger (1889-1961), a master of Swiss advertising posters.
Year: 1935.
Purpose: To promote travel on one of Europe's first major electrified railways, the Gotthard Railway Company line.
Style: The poster reflects an Art Deco style and the evolution into a more modern graphic design approach, utilizing bold colors to depict an idyllic Swiss alpine landscape.
Subject: It features a picturesque view of a train crossing a viaduct near a village, with a deep blue lake and snow-capped Swiss Alps in the background. The scene likely depicts the Ticino side of the Alps, connecting Northern Europe with the Ticino lakes and Italy.
The Gotthard Railway
The Gotthard railway is a significant trans-alpine line connecting northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino, forming a major international link between Northern and Southern Europe. |
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