Description
XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936
SPORT DER HELLENEN
Ausstellung Griechischer Bildwerke
Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft Berlin, 1936
Beschreibung der Bildwerke: Carl Blümel
XI. Olympiad Berlin 1936
SPORT OF THE HELLENES (Greeks)
Exhibition of Greek Artworks
Description of the artworks: Carl Blümel
Published by Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft Berlin in 1936
Added is the Exhibition leaflet (4 pages) of the Exhibition at the
Pergamon Museum (17.5 cm x 24 cm)
Hardcover with original dust jacket (rare in such good condition!)
First Edition
Fully Illustrated
26 cmm x 19.5 cm
144 pages
Carl Blümel (1893-1976) was a German sculptor and classical archaeologist. In 1922 Carl Blümel received his doctorate under Ferdinand Noack with his thesis The Frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike and in 1924/25 he received a travel scholarship from the German Archaeological Institute. From 1927 he worked at the Antiquities Collection of the Berlin State Museums, where he was appointed curator in 1929 and professor in 1935. In 1947 Carl Blümel finally took over the management of the Berlin Antiquities Collection, a position he held until his retirement in 1961. As a trained sculptor, his work had a particular influence on his interest in ancient sculpture techniques. This had a particular impact on the debate about the Hermes of Olympia, where he took the view that the figure was of Greek and not Roman origin. He justified this not only with stylistic arguments, but also with the technical traces of the sculpture. His first work, Greek Sculpture, was published in 1927 and his work from 1940, Greek Sculptors at Work, made him known to a wider public.