Ernest Ullmann ‘Design on Life’ (1970)

The De Luxe Edition of Ernest Ullmann's autobiography, Designs on Life, published in 1970 by Howard Timmins (Cape Town), is a highly sought-after collector's item. This edition was strictly limited to 100 copies. Each copy includes an original signed etching or line drawing by Ernest Ullmann. This is no. 59 of 100.
280-page comprehensive account of Ullmann’s life and diverse artistic career, including his "Ullmann tapestries," sculptures, and stage designs.

Ernest Ullmann (1900 - 1975) was a South African designer, painter and sculptor. He received his art education in Munich, Berlin , Italy and France. From 1920 to 1927 he was art editor of the Russische Post and then spent 8 years as a designer in Berlin .

He was already an established artist when he moved to South Africa in 1935. He settled in Johannesburg, where he quickly became a well-known artist. From 1938 to 1945 he was art editor of The Forum .

Ernest Ullmann carried out several important commissions, including tapestries for the South African embassy in Paris , murals and sculptures in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria , and designed the exhibition pavilion for the Van Riebeeck Festival ( 1952 ). He exhibited in Munich, Berlin , Wiesbaden , Paris, London , Geneva , at the Van Riebeeck Festival in Cape Town (1952), the Rhodes Centenary in Bulawayo ( 1953 ) and the Republic Festival ( 1966 ) in Pretoria, among others. He died in 1975.

Offsetting to white faux-leather boards.Finished with gold gilt lettering on the spine.
Dust jacket foxed and worn.

215mm x 270mm x 28mm

R2,500