779 - Willy Friedrich Burger, poster design ‘Der Mann bei Sulzer’

Willy Friedrich Burger, poster design ‘Der Mann bei Sulzer’ Early 20th century, monogrammed WFB, titled, mixed media on paper; set amidst an industrial landscape of smoking chimneys and factory buildings, a young dandy stands with a briefcase and a walking stick, calmly observing the scene; signs of age, minor conservation issues; unframed; dimensions 96 x 74 cm. Artist information: Swiss graphic artist, poster artist and painter (1882-1964), apprenticed as a lithographer, later attended the School of Applied Arts in Zurich; studied at the Academy in Karlsruhe from 1901 to 1902; worked as a graphic artist in London from 1903 to 1905, later in New York, Philadelphia and Boston, and in Rome in 1909; returned to Switzerland in 1913, where he worked primarily as a landscape painter; his work as a poster artist plays a significant role in Burger’s oeuvre; he received commissions from all over Switzerland for posters, catalogues, postcards and other items, he also worked as an illustrator for books and magazines; his travels took him to Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Palestine and the south of France. Source: Internet.