Exlibris Bookplate Etching Wilm 1887-1953 Antique Mythology

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Ex-libris Hermann Schott. Team (Quadriga) approaching on board with geometric drawing.
Wilm, Hubert (1887-1953):
[1910]. 69 x 97 mm. Etching.
Language: German
Order number: 12066
Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; Gutenberg 12,901; Blum 171 - Signed on the print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a journalist. Blum (2007, p. 4) writes: "Today, Dr. Hubert Wilm's bookplates are among the best works at the beginning of the 20th century. Century and are accordingly sought-after collector's items. "- Good specimen.
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Ex-libris Hermann Schott. Team (Quadriga) approaching on board with geometric drawing. Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; Gutenberg 12,901; Blum 171 - Signed on the print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a journalist. Blum (2007, p. 4) writes: "Today, Dr. Hubert Wilm's bookplates are among the best works at the beginning of the 20th century. Century and are accordingly sought-after collector's items. "- Good specimen. Key