Amazing Posters Designed by Karl Bickel in the Early 20th Century

Karl Bickel (1886–1982) was a Swiss engraver and graphic designer also known for the construction of the Paxmal memorial above Walenstadt.

Posters designed by Karl Bickel in the early 20th century

During his career he designed one hundred Swiss stamps but also others for the countries Luxemburg, Portugal and Liechtenstein.

A museum was constructed in his memory in Walenstadt in Canton St.Gallen. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is located in a disestablished textiles factory. The philatelist Heinrich Moser is said to have assembled a collection of all his stamps.

Here below is a set of amazing posters designed by from between the 1910s and 1930s.

Seiden-Spinner, Zürich, 1913

Seiden-Grieder, Zürich, 1916

Elite-Hotel Zürich Café Restaurant, 1917

Grieder Zürich, 1917

Arosa, 1918

Savoy Hotel, St. Moritz, Restaurant, Bar, Concerts, 1918

Die Heilquellen von St. Moritz, 1920

Hug & Co, circa 1920s

Gesellschaftsschuhe Ch. Doelker, circa 1923

Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, 1923

Arosa, 1924

Jungfrau Railway, Switzerland, 1924

Klausen Rennen, 1926

So kleidet PKZ, 1926

Wengen, Jungfraugebiet, 1926

Foire Suisse, Bâle, 1928

Palace Hotel, Mürren, 1929

2me Semaine Automobile Internationale de St Moritz, August 1930

Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, 1930

Montreux, circa 1930

Reise mit Winterhalder, 1930

Scheidegg Hotels im Banne der Jungfrau, 1930

Trümmelbach, Lauterbrunnen, Schweiz, 1931

Palace Hotel St. Moritz, 1932

Zürich, Strandbad, 1937