Champéry Travel Poster by Anton Reckziegel, 1909

Monthey-Champéry. Aigle-Ollon-Monthey by Anton Reckziegel (1909) captures the romance of early Swiss travel at the moment railways were transforming alpine life. In this classic Art Nouveau–influenced poster, a pastoral shepherdess and her goats overlook a sweeping Chablais landscape framed within a bold circular vignette, while elegant lettering advertises the routes linking Aigle, Ollon, and Monthey to the high valley of Champéry. Created at the height of Switzerland’s tourism boom, the work balances decorative flourish with geographic clarity, inviting the viewer into a world of mountain air, winding rails, and luminous light.

This listing is for a museum-quality fine art print of Reckziegel’s poster, produced by The Unique Maps Co. on your choice of acid-free archival paper or artist’s cotton canvas. Prints are available in a range of sizes, from intimate to statement-making, with optional conservation-grade framing and mounts. We can personalize your piece with a custom caption, dedication, or travel dates, and we’re happy to tailor sizing or cropping to suit your wall.

Anton Reckziegel was an Austrian landscape painter trained at the Academy of Graz. Early in his career he worked as a cartographer in Vienna before moving to Switzerland, where he applied his precise draughtsmanship to the burgeoning field of travel advertising. Collaborating with billboard and print firms—particularly in Bern—he became one of the defining artists of Swiss tourism posters. Around the turn of the century and into the 1910s, his imagery set the tone for how the Alps were sold to the world, before he returned to Austria to continue his landscape work.

The subject of this poster is historically significant: the Aigle–Ollon–Monthey connections and the Monthey–Champéry route opened the Chablais to a new generation of travelers. Reckziegel’s design celebrates that shift, pairing crisp typography and route naming with a lyrical view that conveys both the practicality of rail travel and the promise of alpine escape. It is a visual emblem of the era when a rail ticket could carry you from the plains into the high country in a single, exhilarating day.

Color and composition are integral to its appeal. Dominant blues and greens map the cool tones of distant peaks and valley forests, while sunny yellows warm the lower slopes and meadows. The figure’s clothing introduces vivid accents—pops of red and deep blue—that anchor the foreground against the rhythmic contours of mountains and sky. The circular framing acts like a window onto the Alps, its soft, painterly brushwork suggesting movement and light without sacrificing detail. The pastoral motif—shepherdess and goats—embodies the enduring rural character of the Swiss countryside, a deliberate counterpoint to the modernity of the railway below. For skiers, hikers, rail enthusiasts, and lovers of Swiss design, this print is both a design statement and a slice of travel history.

Beautiful as a centerpiece in a living room, study, hallway, or chalet-inspired space, this print makes a thoughtful gift for Christmas, a housewarming, Father’s or Mother’s Day, or to surprise someone who has explored Champéry, Monthey, Aigle, or Ollon—and wants that alpine moment back on their wall.

If you're not sure what size to order, or you're looking for a custom order of some kind – a different size, a different colour, a special frame – then please contact me. I usually respond within a few minutes.

You can see an example of my fine art personalisation service in the fifth image. Zoom in and take a look. My personalised artwork is always very well received. Take a look at more examples of personalisation.

You can also choose to age your art print to make it look older. This is popular amongst my customers who want their artwork to look like an older, antique print. You can see an example of ageing in the sixth product image, or go ahead and check out lots of examples of other aged artwork.

The model in the listing images is holding the 18x24in (45x60cm) version of this art print.

I can print and frame this beautiful piece of art at sizes up to 3 metres (10ft). If you are looking for a size or framing option that isn't available online, please get in touch.

This artwork is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. My standard frames come in six colours (black, dark brown, dark grey, antique gold, oak and white), and custom framing is available for an additional charge. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.