Theodor Vetter

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Theodor Vetter 1979

Theodor Vetter , known as "Tattoo Theo" (* 1932 in Hamburg ; † July 15, 2004 there ; nickname : Tattoo-Theo ), was a German tattoo artist . “As a figurehead of the old art of tattooing, Theo became a trademark of St. Pauli and for the tattoo scene in general”.

Life

Theodor Vetter only worked occasionally as a tattoo artist. He saw himself more as a living work of art and a self-promoter. At the age of 13, Vetter performed his first tattoo on himself. Three years later he had Christian Warlich make his first professional tattoo. In the following years there were around 260 tattoos by around 240 different tattooists. Vetter played a supporting role in the 1970 film The Yellow House on Pinnasberg . In 1975 he organized what was probably the first tattoo meeting on German soil in his local pub "Tante Lenchen" in Hamburg. Vetter was a founding member of the first German tattoo association, which Manfred Kohrs founded in Hanover in 1977 . In the following years he appeared in various television programs, for example on May 26, 1991 in the program Schmidtanders as well as with Hans Meiser and Jürgen Fliege .

Trivia

Theodor Vetter's estate, including parts of Christian Warlich's estate , is owned by the British collector Willy Robinson. The estate has been in the Museum of Hamburg History since 2017 , where it is scientifically evaluated by Ole Wittmann and Manfred Kohrs. Parts of the estate will be shown in the special exhibition Tattoo Legends. Christian Warlich shown at St. Pauli (2019/20).

literature

  • Marcel Feige : Tattoo-Theo: The tattooed person from the neighborhood. The biography of the great Hamburg tattoo legend . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2001, ISBN 3-89602-355-1 .
  • Marcel Feige: The Tattoo and Piercing Lexicon. Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-209-1 .
  • Tobias Löbstädt: Tattoos, narcissism and theatricality . VS Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-531-18148-6
  • Anne Fuest: The Tattoo History and Significance in Africa and Germany: A Cultural Anthropological Study . GRIN Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-640-21103-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handelsblatt.com: "Tattoo-König" Theo died at the age of 72. Accessed July 8, 2012
  2. ↑ Personal data set of the German National Library
  3. ↑ Tattoo Theo , Tattoo Spirit May 3, 2014
  4. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE Retrieved July 10, 2012
  5. ↑ Marcel Feige: The Tattoo and Piercing Lexicon. P. 312.
  6. ↑ Bernd Schröder: Large picture show at "Tante Lenchen". In: Hamburger Abendblatt 1975, No. 179 p. 4
  7. ↑ Tobias Löbstädt: Tattoos, Narcissism and Theatricality , p. 114
  8. ↑ Anne Fuest: The tattoo history and meaning in Africa and Germany, p. 22
  9. ↑ Planet Wissen: Tattoo-Theo - Gesamtkunstwerk for life. Accessed July 9, 2012
  10. ^ Willy Robinson Traveling Tattoo Museum
  11. ^ Paul-Henri Campbell : Tattoo & Religion. The colorful cathedrals of the self. (Interviews), Heidelberg 2019, ISBN 978-3-88423-606-2 , p. 95.
  12. ^ Foundation Historical Museums Hamburg: Tattoo Legends. Christian Warlich on St. Pauli. In: Ruhr University Bochum word mark. April 11, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Cousin, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tattoo Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tattoo artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2004
Place of death Hamburg