£4.50 – £18.00
This is a superb, quality reproduction of a Gstaad Royal Hotel & Winter Palace Poster. It was created by the Italian-born artist, Carlo Pellegrini to promote the Swiss hotel that sits in the heart of Gstaad Saanenland in the Bernese Oberland. The vintage Gstaad poster was created in 1913 to promote the opening of the exclusive hotel. The image depicts a striking image of the magnificent baroque-style chateau hotel surrounded by the impressive Alpine mountain range.
The poster includes a map showing the railway connections from cities including London, Berlin, Zurich, Genoa and London. The poster reads: GSTAAD Suise. Royal-Hotel & Winter Palace. Excursions – Tennis – Garage,
The Gstaad Royal Hotel & Winter Palace opened in 1913 as the village’s first luxury hotel boasting more than 200 beds. It was designed by Dutch architect, Adrien van Dorsser in a style The Telegraph described as “A Snow Queen’s castle of a hotel. The Baroque-style building with its fairytale turrets on each corner sits high on a hill with flags waving in the breeze. Gstaad village is dominated by the Palace Hotel.
As far back as 1905, a local schoolteacher named Robert Steffen bought a piece of land in the Alpine village of Gstaad with the intention of building a new hotel. Originally called the “Gstaad Royal-Hôtel and Winter Palace”. Construction on the hotel took several years and it wasn’t completed until December 1913. Nestled in the picturesque Oberland, the Hotel offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
Gstaad is situated between Geneva and Zurich, the world’s two most expensive cities. As a consequence perhaps, it is almost inevitable that Gstaard would be one of the most expensive and exclusive ski resorts. Over the years, the Gstaad Palace Hotel has become known as a notable destination for members of royalty, celebrities, movie stars and other high-profile guests from all over Europe. Famous guests in those early days included Marlene Dietrich, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Maurice Chevalier. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the hotel became a celebrity getaway for stars including Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Grace Kelly, Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Sophie Loren and James Bond star Roger Moore. More recently music stars such as Elton John, Paul McCartney, Madonna and Robbie Williams have all been guests at the Winter Palace.
During the winter months, guests could enjoy skiing, ice skating, bobsleighing and curling. In addition, tennis, hill climbing and hiking would be available in the summer. In 1915, the first edition of the Swiss International Championships tennis tournament was held at Gstaad Royal-Hôtel and Winter Palace. It was organized in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Club (LTC) Gstaad. The event was played on clay courts and was won by Victor de Coubasch. With the exception of the war years, the tournament would go on to be held every year since becoming known as the Swiss Open.
Today, the hotel is better known as The Gstaad Palace and remains one of the most popular tourist destinations in Switzerland. Guests enjoy luxurious accommodations and world-class dining, an on-site spa, indoor and outdoor pools and a variety of restaurants and bars.
Gstaad poster Berner Oberland – Diggleman -1938
Gstaad Verbands-Skirennen Poster XII Oberl – 1930
Adelboden Ski Poster – Carlo Pellegrini – 1910
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 £12. So you can bag a bargain of print and frame for a great price.
These digitally enhanced posters are professionally printed with fade-resistant inks onto a thick 300gsm silk poster card.
A4 posters are printed on to 300gsm silk artboard
A3, A2, and 50x70cm posters are printed on 230gsm poster paper
All posters are despatched by 2nd class Royal Mail. Posters are posted in either a hard-backed envelope clearly marked ‘Do Not Bend’ or a sturdy postal tube.
This listing is for prints only, frames shown in any photos are not included in the sale.
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