Otto Baumberger
Otto Baumberger | |
---|---|
![]() Otto Baumberger, photographed in 1950. | |
Born | 21 May 1889, Altstetten, Zurich |
Died | 26 December 1961 |
Nationality | Swiss |
Notable work | An iconic object poster depicting a realistic herringbone tweed coat |
Movement | Plakatstil (poster style) and Sachplakat (object poster[s]) |
Otto Baumberger (21 May 1889 Altstetten, Zurich - 26 December 1961 Weiningen), was a noted Swiss painter and poster artist. Baumberger produced some 200 posters of great quality and style. His realistic rendering of a herringbone tweed coat became a classic of Swiss poster, an example of a Sachplakat (object poster).
References[]
![Otto Baumberger02.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Otto_Baumberger02.jpg/220px-Otto_Baumberger02.jpg)
Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1961 deaths
- 20th-century Swiss painters
- 20th-century male artists
- Swiss male painters
- Swiss poster artists
- Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
- ETH Zurich faculty
- Swiss painter stubs