Wallis Vintage Skiing Poster – Lunch time on the ski slope – Suisse – Martin Peikert – 1942

Wallis Vintage Skiing Poster – Lunch time on the ski slope – Switzerland Suisse Svizzera – Martin Peikert

In this superb Wallis Skiing poster, the artist Martin Peikert has presented a gathering of skiers taking a break from the day’s skiing for a spot of lunch near the piste. The Valais poster is a delightful portrayal of the many emotions that every skier has experienced at some point during their time skiing.

The bright and colourful image shows a circle of friends surrounded by dozens of pairs of skis, discarded clothes and bags and rucksacks. Known as “Lunch time on the ski slope”, the gathering of friends can be seen eating chocolate, waxing their skis, taking in the views, looking exhausted, and sunbathing in an atmosphere of general bonhomie. The image cleverly portrays exuberance, excitement, exhaustion, and joy. The scene continues with several skiers in the background, an ariel cable car in the top left-hand corner and topped off with a slither of clear blue sky with the snow-capped Matterhorn rising out of the pure driven snow.

Other Martin Peikert Travel Posters

Martin Peikert is well known for the realism and precision of his wonderful poster illustrations. He created dozens of travel posters and skiing posters for ski resorts across the Alps. Some of his best-known and most popular posters include his Gstaad poster featuring a couple on a ski lift heading towards ‘the moon’. His poster advertising St Moritz with a cable car heading towards the snow-covered mountain peak.

For many of his posters, Peikert used his first wife Henriette as his muse and model. One example is his Les Diablerets poster featuring a skier being pulled up a ski slope with a sprite of her shoulders. One features her travelling to a ski resort on the roof of the MOB Railway and another MOB Railway poster shows her asleep on the roof of a small Swiss chalet. One of his best in my opinion is his iconic Champery ski poster of a woman relaxing in the snow.

Our posters are carefully and professionally created from vintage originals. Whilst great care is taken in the production of these posters, we also try to maintain a vintage feel, so there may be small imperfections, fold marks, scuffs, tears, or marks that were part of the original poster master. If these do appear they should be visible on the larger views of the item on this listing. The originals of many of the posters we offer can cost many thousands of pounds, so whilst these posters look great, especially framed and mounted on a wall, they are intended as fun, affordable reproductions and not intended fine art prints.

The 50x70cm version has been specially produced to be used in conjunction with Ikea’s 50x70cm Ribba picture frame which currently retails for around £15. So you can bag a bargain of print and frame for a great price.