Wilhelm Hummel

Wilhelm Hummel (also known as Willy Hummel; 13 December 1872 – 22 March 1939) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and graphic artist.[1][2] He is mainly known for landscapes, portraits and still lifes and was also active as an art teacher in Zürich.[3]

Hummel was born in Gottlieben, in the canton of Thurgau, and grew up in the Lake Constance region.[2] He worked as a freelance artist and settled in Zürich, where he combined painting with teaching.[1] In 1913 he founded his own art school in the city, and from 1921 to 1927 he taught figure drawing at the Zurich School of Applied Arts (Zürcher Kunstgewerbeschule).[3] He died in Davos in 1939.[1][2]

Hummel received commissions for public works, including the mural Simplontunnel bei Brig (1923) in the main building of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) and the wall painting Tiergarten (1934) in a kindergarten on Albisriederstrasse in Zürich.[3] His paintings and graphic works are represented in Swiss public and private collections.[1]

As a teacher he ran a private art school in Zürich and taught at the Zurich School of Applied Arts, where several younger artists studied with him. Documented pupils include the painter Hedi Mertens, who attended his classes at a women’s art and applied art school in Zürich around 1912,[4] the painter Curt Manz, who was described as Hummel’s student at the Zurich School of Applied Arts in 1919,[5] and the painter Walter Emil Müller, who undertook further training at Hummel’s private art school in Zürich in the early 1920s.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Willy Hummel". SIKART Lexicon of Art in Switzerland. Swiss Institute for Art Research. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Hummel, Wilhelm". Konzernarchiv der Georg Fischer AG. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Wilhelm (Willy) Hummel". mural.ch. Verein Mural. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Mertens, Hedi". SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz (in German). Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Curt Manz (1900–1989)". Invaluable. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Walter Emil Müller (1896 Zürich 1983)" (PDF). Thomas Eberhart-Freeman (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2025.
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