Alois Carigiet designed over 100 posters, some of which are shown in the exhibition. In the foreground, showcase display of drafts for the magazine "Schweizer Spiegel”.
Photograph: Swiss National Museum. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet
Foto: SNM © Alois Carigiet Erben
Cornichon poster by Alois Carigiet, 1938. Alois Carigiet co-founded the Cabaret Cornichon in 1934. He designed the cornichon bird as the cabaret’s signet for posters and programme brochures.
Photograph: City Archives of Zurich. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet
Stadtarchiv Zürich © Alois Carigiet Erben
Alois Carigiet, Florina, 1975. Watercolour on canvas. Draft for the fresco for the cheese dairy in Trun.
Photograph: Swiss National Museum. On loan, privately owned. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet
Foto: SNM © Alois Carigiet Erben
Children’s portraits done by Emil Brunner in 1943/1944, around the same time as “Schellen-Ursli” (“A Bell for Ursli”) was being written and illustrated.
On loan from Fotostiftung Winterthur, Hugger Collection. Photograph: Swiss National Museum. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet
Foto: SNM © Alois Carigiet Erben
“Switzerland invites you” poster by Alois Carigiet, 1937. Poster for the Swiss tourism association (Schweizerische Zentrale für Verkehrsförderung).
Photograph: Swiss National Museum. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet
Foto: SNM. © Alois Carigiet Erben
Alois Carigiet in his studio, August 31, 1972. Photographer: Jules Geiger.
© Fotostiftung Graubünden/Heirs of Alois Carigiet
© Fotostiftung Graubünden/Alois Carigiet Erben
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A selection of the works that can be seen in the Art, Graphic Art and Schellen-Ursli exhibition at the Swiss National Museum.
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