Herbert Zumpe, Sleeping Youth, 1925, Pencil on Paper

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Herbert zumpe

1902 reichenbach im vogtland – 1980[?]

'sleeping youth'

signed, located, and dated lower right ("bln. [berlin] 1925")

pencil … Read more Herbert zumpe

1902 reichenbach im vogtland – 1980[?]

'sleeping youth'

signed, located, and dated lower right ("bln. [berlin] 1925")

pencil on ingres paper ---unframed---

size: 16.6 x 22.3 cm

in this small-format drawing, herbert zumpe depicts a sleeping figure rendered in the new objectivity style. A young man lies fully clothed on a bed or sofa, his hands clasped behind his head. His striking face is defined by dark, thick eyebrows, a broad nose, and a large mouth framed by a gentle smile, likely alluding to pleasant dreams. A portion of a small side table is visible at the right edge of the sheet, upon which lie a cloth and the sleeper's glasses.

this work dates from the artist's early period in berlin.

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herbert zumpe

draftsman, (commercial) graphic designer, teacher.

studied at the stuttgart school of applied arts (under f.h.e. Schneidler)

1925 moved to berlin (kaiserallee 126)
together with helmut klaehre [claire], he founded the "atelier triclair," which specialized in commercial graphic design and quickly gained renown for its modern approach. Among other things, they designed packaging for companies such as buck, driessen, haller, kant, and trumpf, which received considerable attention in professional circles (see, for example, "gebrauchsgraphik" (vol. 11, no. 1 (jan. 1934), p. 10)).

from 1937 to 1939, wolfgang frankenstein (1918–2010) completed an apprenticeship at the "atelier triclair." after world war ii, zumpe remained in berlin (initially at olivaei pl. 10, later at nassauische straße 58) and continued working as a graphic designer, while also teaching applied graphics at the master school for graphic arts and book design in berlin.

memberships:
professional association of visual artists of berlin
professional association of german communication designers (bdg) this piece has an attribution mark,
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