Amund Dietzel
Amund Dietzel (born February 28, 1891 in Kristiania , † February 9, 1974 ) was an American tattoo artist .
Life
After the death of his father in 1905, Dietzel joined the Norwegian merchant fleet . On the first trips between Canada and England for the purpose of transporting wood , Dietzel began to tattoo his comrades with a self-made device . After a shipwreck in July 1907, however, Dietzel and other members of the crew decided to work in the timber stores.
Two months later, Dietzel moved to the United States and settled in New Haven , Connecticut . He traded his hand tools for an electric tattoo machine . Dietzel became a close friend of an English immigrant named William Grimshaw. Both traveled to carnival events as tattooed men, appeared in show booths and sold photos of themselves, and tattooed customers between shows. At the age of 23, Dietzel started a business next to the newly built Hotel Wisconsin in Milwaukee and soon had a reputation for being the area's leading tattoo artist.
In 1964, at the age of 73, Dietzel sold his tattoo shop to friend Gib "Tatts" Thomas. However, both continued to tattoo together until the local council banned this in the city with effect from July 1, 1967. Dietzel died of leukemia on February 9, 1974. He was buried in Pinelawn Memorial Park.
literature
- Jon Reiter: These Old Blue Arms, The Life and Work of Amund Dietzel . Solid Stat Publishing Co. 2010, ISBN 978-0578059679
- Jon Reiter These Old Blue Arms, The Life and Work of Amund Dietzel Volume 2 . Solid State Publishing Co. 2010, ISBN 0-578-05967-3
- Samuel M. Steward : Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos , Routledge London & New York 1990, ISBN 0-918393-76-0
Web links
- tattooarchive.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ grimshaworigin.org ( Memento of the original dated August 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 31, 2012
- ↑ tattooarchive.com. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 24, 2012 ; Retrieved July 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ expressmilwaukee.com: Amund Dietzel: Milwaukee's Tattooing Legend. Retrieved July 30, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dietzel, Amund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tattoo artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kristiania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1974 |