Otto Baumberger Explained

Otto Baumberger
Birth Place:Altstetten, Zurich
Notable Works:An iconic object poster depicting a realistic herringbone tweed coat
Birth Date:21 May 1889
Nationality:Swiss
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).