Poster Design for the Exhibition “Health Care, Social Welfare, Physical Exercise” (GeSoLei), 1925
DesignLudwig ten Hompel,
Duisburg
1887–1932
Düsseldorf
Ink watercolour
(H x W)119,2 × 79,8 cm
Status
on display, room 020In 1925, the painter and graphic artist Ludwig ten Hompel won the poster competition for the "GeSoLei" exhibition with this design. This large-scale project was based on the theme of physical and mental renewal after the First World War and was intended to showcase Düsseldorf’s image as a modern, social metropolis. The poster focuses on the subject of health: using clear, simplified imagery, it depicts the outline of a figure that is half male and half female, as well as the rod of Asclepius – a serpent entwined around a staff that is considered a symbol of medicine.
AccessionLoan of the City Archives, Düsseldorf
Inventory numberP 2026-4
Contact
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