Willy Hummel
Wilhelm "Willy" Hummel (born December 13, 1872 in Gottlieben , † March 22, 1939 in Davos ) was a Swiss painter , draftsman and graphic artist .
Life
Willy Hummel founded his own art school in Zurich in 1913 . From 1921 to 1927 he worked as a figure drawing teacher at the Zurich School of Applied Arts. He mainly dealt with landscapes, portraits and still lifes.
Willy Hummel was not related to the chemist Wilhelm Hummel , a grandson of the composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel and his wife Elisabeth Röckel .
literature
- Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, General Lexicon of Visual Artists , Volume 18, Leipzig 1925, pp. 131f.
- Jakob Ritzmann, Wilhelm Hummel 1872–1939 , in: Neu-Jahresblatt der Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft , 1940
Web links
Commons : Wilhelm Hummel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hummel, Willy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hummel, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, draftsman and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Love God |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1939 |
| Place of death | Davos |