Willy Friedrich Burger, Alpweg Mit Dent Blanche, 1950s, Oil on Canvas, Framed

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"Alpine Path with Dent Blanche":

Mountain landscape with a stony path between scree and a gnarled tree in autumnal colors. … Read more "Alpine Path with Dent Blanche":

Mountain landscape with a stony path between scree and a gnarled tree in autumnal colors. In the background, sunlit glaciers and the summit of the Dent Blanche are visible. Oil on canvas by Willy Friedrich Burger, signed lower right. 48 x 63.7 cm, 50.6 x 67.2 cm (outer dimensions of frame). - Verso label with inscription "Alpine Path with Dent Blanche. W.F. Burger. Rüschlikon." -
Framed in a narrow, simple shadow gap frame in gold. - Willy Friedrich Burger: Zurich, September 1, 1882 - March 26, 1964, Rüschlikon. Burger trained in Switzerland, primarily as a graphic artist, and later at the Academy in Karlsruhe. He subsequently worked in London, the USA, and Rome, and received awards at exhibitions, including in Milan. from 1913 onwards, he settled in Rüschlikon and devoted himself to landscape painting. He gained particular renown through his designs for tourist posters, such as the famous poster for the Lucerne Pilatus Railway. This piece has an attribution mark,
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