Scours Suisse d’hiver/ Winterhilfe

Item Details

Zurich, Berichthaus, 1946

First edition, fine condition. See description and images

1946 Swiss hunger relief campaign. 

This is a vintage Swiss charity poster from 1946, designed by the influential graphic designer and typographer Ernst Keller, often called the father of modern Swiss graphic design and the International Typographic Style. 

The striking artwork features bold, stylized typography in white against a blue background with textured gradients representing snowy hills at dusk, accompanied by a snowflake emblem. This piece showcases Keller’s mastery of hand-drawn lettering, where the text itself forms the primary structural and artistic layout. The integration of the geometric snowflake, the overlapping text blocks, and the dual-toned blue and white palette beautifully evokes a snow-covered alpine twilight silhouette.

Issued just after World War II in 1946, this poster served as a prominent campaign poster to rally national solidarity and donation drives for post-war social relief. 

The poster promotes Swiss Winter Aid (Scours d’hiver/ Winterhilfe), a relief organization established in Switzerland to support people in need during the winter months in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Founded in 1936, this major Swiss charitable organization provided essential financial relief, food, and clothing to individuals and families living in poverty during the harsh winter months.

35.0 x 50.25 inches

Condition: Excellent. Never folded. Minor edge wear only. See images.

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