Imfeld, Xaver (sold)
Xaver Imfeld (April 21, 1853 - February 21, 1909) was a Swiss engineering topographer and cartographer. After the relocation of the family in 1867 to Lucerne, studied at the industrial school there, demonstrating topographical talent there. In the fall of 1872 he began training as an engineer topographer at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich. He would grow to become one of the most important Swiss landscape painters, relief artist, cartographer and planner of mountain railways of his time. From 1876 to 1890 he worked for the Federal Topographic Bureau. More than twenty sheets of the Siegfried Atlas are his work. He drew over forty mountain panoramas, modeled thirteen Alpine reliefs and was responsible for numerous engineering projects. In 1888 Imfeld opened his own office in Zurich as a freelance engineer and private topographer. His works included a relief map of central Switzerland in 1887 and the La Chaine du Mont Blanc in 1890.
The finest 19th century map of the Mont Blanc Range.
Le Chaine du Mont-Blanc.
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Generally known as 'The Imfeld Map', this is a dramatic and stunning 1896 Xaver Imfeld chromolithograph map of the Mont Blanc Mountain Range in Switzerland's Alps - at the time the finest map of the region yet produced. The map is oriented slightly to the northwest and is centered on the peak of Mont Blanc itself. Coverage extends from Bon-Nant River in France to Orsières and from Gillot to Courmayeur. The map was highly praised when it was produced by journals of the time,
To this faultless production all explorers of the Chian are deeply indebted, and for the first time the Mont du Brouillard, the Glacier du Mont Blanc, the Rochers du Mont Blanc, the Glacier du Dôme, and the Aiguilles Grises are all beautifully delineated with scrupulous fidelity to nature. (Mathews, C. E., Annals of Mont Blanc, page 216)The whole employs the unique Swiss-style shading techniques employed by the engraver, Kümmerly, to display that country's intense topography. (more details)