Walter Mittelholzer

20 Jul — 7 Okt 2018 bei National Museum Zurich in Zürich, Schweiz

27 September 2018

Mittelholzer earned international fame with his flights to distant lands. This photograph shows the Pyramid of Giza. ETH Library, Zurich

Walter Mittelholzer war Pilot, Buchautor, Unternehmer, Medienstar, Mitgründer der Swissair und Fotograf. Der St. Galler hatte viele Talente und verkaufte diese ohne Berührungsängste.

Dank einem ausgeprägten Geschäftssinn und viel Selbstvertrauen entstanden nicht nur Bücher, Reportagen und Filme, sondern auch unzählige Landschaftsbilder aus der Vogelperspektive.

Ein Querschnitt seines Schaffens ist nun im Landesmuseum zu sehen.

National Museum Zurich

Die Dauerausstellungen in den Museen präsentieren die Schweizer Geschichte von ihren Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart und geben einen Einblick in die Schweizer Identitäten und den Reichtum der Geschichte und Kultur unseres Landes.

Museum profile

Location

Zürich, Schweiz

This photo of the north face of the Eiger appears in Alpenflug, a book by Mittelholzer published in 1928. He took the picture in 1919 at an altitude of 3800 metres.
ETH Library, Zurich

The pilot and entrepreneur Walter Mittelholzer, born in St. Gallen in 1894, was renowned for his adventurous expedition flights. ETH Library, Zurich

In his domestic flights Mittelholzer also recorded images of urban infrastructure, in this case the road bridge in Pérolles, Fribourg (1926).ETH Library, Zurich

This photo of the north face of the Eiger appears in Alpenflug, a book by Mittelholzer published in 1928. He took the picture in 1919 at an altitude of 3800 metres. ETH Library, Zurich
The pilot and entrepreneur Walter Mittelholzer, born in St. Gallen in 1894, was renowned for his adventurous expedition flights. ETH Library, Zurich
In his domestic flights Mittelholzer also recorded images of urban infrastructure, in this case the road bridge in Pérolles, Fribourg (1926).ETH Library, Zurich

The pilot and entrepreneur Walter Mittelholzer, born in St. Gallen in 1894, was renowned for his adventurous expedition flights. ETH Library, Zurich
In his domestic flights Mittelholzer also recorded images of urban infrastructure, in this case the road bridge in Pérolles, Fribourg (1926).ETH Library, Zurich
This photo of the north face of the Eiger appears in Alpenflug, a book by Mittelholzer published in 1928. He took the picture in 1919 at an altitude of 3800 metres. ETH Library, Zurich