Two 50s posters by Henri Ott

From "Rare and Important Travel Posters" auction from Swann Galleries, New York, 2013

HENRI OTT (1919-?) SWISSAIR / BY SWISSAIR TO THE UNITED STATES / DOUGLAS DC - 6B. Circa 1952. 

HENRI OTT (1919-?) SWISSAIR / BY SWISSAIR TO THE UNITED STATES / DOUGLAS DC - 6B. Circa 1952. 

HENRI OTT (1919-?) SWISSAIR / BY SWISSAIR TO THE UNITED STATES / DOUGLAS DC - 6B. Circa 1952. 

HENRI OTT (1919-?) SWISSAIR / BY SWISSAIR TO THE UNITED STATES / DOUGLAS DC - 6B. Circa 1952. 

Hans Unger

Unger was a German designer who moved to London in 1948 and there designed posters for the London Transport through 1974. In the mid-fifties this style, using painterly brush strokes emerged, making his work easily recognizable.  

Hans Unger travel poster British United Airlines to Holland via vintageposterblog.com

 

Poster for the Tower of London

 

Travel in comfort c1955 via flickr 

Whipsnade, 1956 via