The Archivea Guild

The Archivea Guild is a public benefit Swiss Verein dedicated to sharing historic imagery globally. It is our goal to educate and inspire generations of image collectors. We celebrate these images and educate new generations through broadcasting and publishing.

This website is operated by Archivea GmbH under license with The Archivea Guild. We hope you enjoy it!

We love art that is timeless.

Archivea GmbH is the official printer, framer and publisher for The New York Public Library, The Getty Museum, The Henry Ford Museum, The Boeing Archives, Ford Motor Company and many other collections.

Archivea GmbH operates its own printing studio in Lugano, Switzerland.

Visit us anytime, have a coffee! We love talking about art.

Via Giulio Vicari 10, Lugano 6900 a few meters from the lake in Lugano.

Master Printer

We are very proud that Sabine Catteneo is our Fine Art Printer. Beneath her guidance our Lugano studio produces remarkable quality art printing. Thanks to her our collectors include celebrities and photographic aficionados around the world.

The Archivea studio is an atelier at heart with a history of printmaking since 1965 so focus on quality is everything to us.

Here you see Sabine preparing canvas for our client Ford Motor Company.

Hold Your Man Clarck Gable Jean Harlow film poster 0000-0027

The Archivea Guild

The Archivea Guild assists non-profit museums and libraries with their educational mission by sharing their images with the world. Archivea GmbH as a publisher helps to offset archiving costs by paying these museums and libraries royalties for publishing.

Our art publishing centered lineage was started by Jack Weedn in California in 1955 when he began a small aerial photography publishing studio.

In 1959, his wife, Flavia Weedn began her lifelong career in painting and writing. Flavia and Jack began the art selling and publishing/galleries on PCH in Laguna Beach and at the Disneyland Hotel in 1960's. Etchings and serigraphs were a staple in our California studios.

In the 1980s Flavia artwork was introduced to Switzerland by ARS Edition in Zug. By 1990 Flavia artwork was stocked in more than 30,000 retail locations across the globe.

The Flavia Company, Inc. transformed and became Archivea GmbH in 2009 when it was established in Zug, Switzerland. In 2018 it moved to Lugano, Switzerland.

In 2025 Archivea GmbH and Archivea Lda of Portugal became members of The Archivea Guild, A Swiss Verein formed in 2012.

The Guild's public benefit mission is to keep historical imagery from around the world in the public eye. Further its mission is to educate the public about historical artists and creators via ongoing broadcasting and publishing efforts.

The Archivea Guild's member entities now serve The Getty Museum, The New York Public Library, The Claudio Bravo Collection, The Ford Motor Company, The Henry Ford Museums, The Boeing Company, The Vintage Arte Archive and the Flavia archive among many others.

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