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Peter Trumm
The Precision of a Polymath Peter Trumm was never a specialist in the narrow sense. He operated across the boundaries of painting, graphic art, and illustration, maintaining a presence in the German art scene through a multifaceted career. His technical foundation was built at the Academies of Karlsruhe and Munich, supplemented by formative studies in Paris and Florence. This academic rigor provided the backbone for a career that moved between the fine arts and the practical demands of book illustration and woodcut printing. He was a man of the era, navigating the complexities of mid-century…
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Peter Trumm's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
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Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.