Anton RECKZIEGEL
(1865 – 1936)
The Master of the bucolic poster
A Czech-born lithographer, Anton Reckziegel began his apprenticeship with Conrad Jäger, a printer in Proschwitz (Germany), and then with a landscape painter at the Akademie Graz, Austria. In 1892, Anton Reckziegel moved to Switzerland. He first worked in Aarau as a draughtsman for the graphic arts company Müller & Co (Müller & Trüb from 1895), and then moved to Bern in 1898. Thanks to his training as a landscape painter, he designed posters, flyers and postcards for the Hubacher & Co. lithographic studio, where he distinguished himself with his fine posters. His realistic depictions of landscapes and holiday resorts and his pastoral and romantic sceneries made Anton Reckziegel the undisputed specialist in Swiss tourist posters of the Belle Epoque. His posters for the "Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère" (1903), for example, as well as those for "Zermatt" (1902) and "Les Rochers de Naye sur Montreux" (1902), bear witness to this. His realistic and bucolic approach to posters is similar to that of the French poster designer Hugo d'Alési, from whom he undoubtedly drew inspiration.
Thuner & Brienzersee, Dampfshiffahrt, Sommerfahrplan 1898
1898
CHF 1630.–
Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, fahrplan 1899
1899
CHF 2970.–
Brig, Kant-Landwirtschaftliche Ausstellung
1900
CHF 1950.–
Exposition Cantonale Vaudoise Vevey
1901
CHF 340.–
Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman, 1ère édition
1901
CHF 3970.–
Fribourg, Suisse
1901
CHF 2340.–
Rochers de Naye sur Montreux
1902
CHF 1230.–
Chemins de Fer Territet - Glion - Rochers de Naye sur Montreux
1903
CHF 1670.–
Bains du Gurnigel près de Berne, Saison du premier Juin au 20 Septembre, Service d'automobile direct de Berne
circa 1904
CHF 1370.–
Guerbethal-Bahn
1905
Price upon request
Vevey, Ligne du Simplon, Chemins de Fer Électriques Veveysans
circa 1905
CHF 1720.–
Chemin de fer électrique Montreux-Oberland Bernois, ligne directe
1905
CHF 2430.–
Chemin de fer électriques de la Gruyère, Suisse
1906
CHF 2960.–
Vierwaldstatter-see Luzern, Fahrplan 1906, Lac des quatre cantons
1907
CHF 1650.–
Monthey-Champéry-Morgins Aigle-Ollon-Monthey
1908
CHF 3850.–
Luzern - Stansstad - Engelberg, Elektrische Bahn, time table 1910.
1910
CHF 2210.–
Berner Oberland Wengernalp-Bahn
circa 1910
CHF 2360.–
Berner Oberland Wengernalp-Bahn
circa 1912
CHF 1960.–