The artist postcards are eloquent testimony to the times and provide us with insights into both the artist’s development and their social life. Thus, Cuno Amiet also follows the beautiful tradition of sending greetings to friends and acquaintances at the turn of the year. In doing so, he joins the ranks of renowned artists, including all of the "Brücke" artists, who used artistically designed postcards as an ideal means of communication, also with patrons and collectors. They serve as a status quo of the artists' work, are perfect examples of the method of spontaneous capture and unadulterated immediate reproduction. The postcards become a kind of business card and stand for modern, success-oriented networking. Cuno Amiet made the Swiss winter landscape with two skiers captured in quick strokes for Prof. Dr. Heinrich Ganter, the president of the ‘Aargauischer Kunstverein’. This art association, founded as early as in 1860 and still in existence today, is one of the oldest and largest art associations in Switzerland. The aim of the association has always been to build up an extensive collection of contemporary Swiss art. Today, the Aargauer Kunsthaus owns several paintings from the period between 1905 and 1913, which was so important for Amiet's work [SM]