Gustav Zumsteg
Gustav Zumsteg (born October 11, 1915 in Zurich ; † June 17, 2005 there ) was a Swiss art collector , silk merchant and owner of the well-known Zurich restaurant " Kronenhalle ".
Gustav Zumsteg was the son of Hulda Zumsteg, owner of the "Kronenhalle". He joined the silk trading company Ludwig Abraham & Co as an apprentice in 1931 and later became its chief designer. Zumsteg lived in Paris from 1936 to 1943, where he got to know the artists and couturiers personally. He headed Abraham's Paris subsidiary from 1941 and became a partner in the company in 1943. In 1957 he met Yves Saint Laurent for the first time , whose collections were from then on characterized by Zumsteg's designs and Abraham fabrics. In 1957 he also took over the management of the “Kronenhalle”.
Zumsteg became the sole owner of the business in 1968 after Ludwig Abraham resigned. He directed the company towards textiles for haute couture and worked with the well-known Parisian fashion houses such as Cristóbal Balenciaga , Christian Dior , Hubert de Givenchy , Coco Chanel , but above all with Yves Saint Laurent.
literature
- Peter Beglinger, Anya Schutzbach, Rainer Weiss: I'm at home in a few places - the Zurich Kronenhalle in stories. Weissbooks, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-940888-60-0 .
Web links
- Sigrid Pallmert: The textile archive of Abraham AG, Zurich - an inexhaustible source. In: The Collection: Gifts, Acquisitions, Preservation / Swiss National Museums . 2006/2007, pp. 50-55.
Individual evidence
- ^ Art collector, silk merchant and “Kronenhalle” landlord - Gustav Zumsteg died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , June 18, 2005, accessed on February 8, 2017.
- ↑ Ulrike Hark: The man who ensnared the stars. In: Tages-Anzeiger , October 27, 2010, accessed on February 8, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zumsteg, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 2005 |
| Place of death | Zurich |