Otto Blümel

Otto Blümel (born October 21, 1881 in Augsburg , Germany ; † October 27, 1973 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German designer , book jewelery and bookplate artist. One of his best-known works is the Nymphenburg coat stand from 1908.

Life

In 1901 Blümel began studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich . After dropping out of his studies in 1904, Otto Blümel worked as a freelancer at the Debschitz School in Munich . In 1909 Blümel made the acquaintance of Hermann Hesse and Ludwig Finckh in Gaienhofen . In the following years several works for and with Hermann Hesse followed. In 1916 he moved to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and worked as a drawing teacher at the wood carving school, for which he was director from 1920 to 1949.

Blumel fought from the beginning of the first World War on the Western Front . In 1917 he married Therese Lutz. The marriage resulted in daughter Margarethe (* 1920) and son Walter (* 1922). The market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen made Otto Blümel an honorary citizen in 1963 . Blümel died on October 27, 1973 at the age of 92 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Works

1908 Design of the Nymphenburg coat stand
1909 Punch and Judy game The Poet
1910 Punch and Judy game Der Klausner
1910 Drawing of the cover for the novel Gertrud by Hermann Hesse
1910 Design of the pocket song book for the AGV (Academic Choral Society Munich)
1911 Hermann Hesse's sea voyage , shadow play
1911 Creation of the volume of poems Unterwegs
1912 Punch and Judy game The painter
1912 Decorative Arts , publication of the silhouette
1914 Book decoration for songs by German poets by Hermann Hesse
1917 Larifari , three puppet games
1933 Das Lindlpeterbuch , publication

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ pro office GmbH, Digital Park | Neue medien GmbH: Over 100 years - timeless classics that are still convincing today! In: pro office Büro + Wohnkultur . ( prooffice.de [accessed October 25, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Blümel, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German furniture and product designer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	October 27, 1973
Place of death	Garmisch-Partenkirchen

[1] ro office GmbH, Digital Park | Neue medien GmbH: Over 100 years - timeless classics that are still convincing today! In: pro office Büro + Wohnkultur . ( prooffice.de [accessed October 25, 2018]).