Joseph Reichlin (1872 – 1927)[1]

Relief of the Mythen
Mythen, 1899 m (Switzerland) 1:5,000, 37 x 62 cm, Joseph Reichlin,
Swiss Alpine Museum

Born in Arth in the canton of Schwyz as a farmer's son, Joseph Reichlin learned the art of terrain modelling in the Collège of St-Bernard in Troyes (France). During 8 years, he helped Simon Simon (1857 – 1925) finishing the model of the Bernese Oberland. After this, he created several models in different scales. For example the small model of the Jungfrau group in 1:50,000. He was among the first relief artists to create models of single mountains in large scale, for example the Aiguille Verte in a scale of 1:5,000.

Mythen
Aiguille Verte
Aiguille Verte
Aiguille Verte
Aiguille des Grands Charmoz
Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau

[1] Imhof, Eduard. Bildhauer der Berge. 1981. S.132. and Gygax, Fritz. Das topographische Relief in der Schweiz. 1937. S.60-62.