Otto Baumberger (21 May 1889

Altstetten Altstetten may refer to: * Altstetten, Erdweg, Bavaria, Germany * Altstetten, Rennertshofen, Bavaria, Germany *Altstetten (Zürich) Altstetten is a quarter in district 9 of the city of Zürich in Switzerland. It was formerly a municipality in it ...

, Zurich – 26 December 1961

Weiningen Weiningen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). The municipality was first mentioned in 870 as ''Winingon''. Geography Weiningen has ...

), 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 Plakatstil (German for "poster style"), also known as ''Sachplakat'', was an early style of poster art that originated in Germany in the 1900s. It was started by Lucian Bernhard of Berlin in 1906. The common characteristics of this style are bold e ...

(object poster).

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1889 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Swiss painters 20th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters Swiss poster artists Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Academic staff of ETH Zurich {{Switzerland-painter-stub