Pair of David Heinz Gumbel silver candlesticks, modern Judaica, Bauhaus style

Measurements:
Height : 9.7 inch / 24.8 cm
Width : 3.6 inch / 9.1 cm

Master silversmith David Heinz Gumbel, was born in Sinsheim, Germany, near Heidelberg. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin-Charlottenberg from 1927 to 1931. Although Gumbel did not actually study at the Bauhaus, he was profoundly Influenced by its teachings and incorporated its design aesthetic into his silver and Judaica. In 1934 Gumbel fled Nazi Germany and moved to Palestine. As a member of the Faculty of the recently opened New Bezalel School in Jerusalem, he joined a group of Highly cultured artists and colleagues who worked under the directorship of Joseph Budko, a craftsman who championed the modernist aesthetic. Gumbel taught Silversmithing, hammered work, and jewelry design at Bezalel, and retired in 1955. His Personal style always remained classic modern — his objects emphasize streamlined Design and graceful contours.
He was born in Sinsheim to a secular family among the pioneers of the local silversmith Industry. In 1918, the Gumbels relocated to Heilbronn where David worked as an Apprentice in the “Bruckmann & Sons” factory, becoming a certified steel engraver.
In the late 1920s, Gumbel studied to be a silversmith at the school of applied arts in Berlin At the Kunstgewerbeschule. Following his studies, Gumbel was employed at workshops In Düsseldorf and Stockholm, as well as in the family factory in Heilbronn. It was there that Gumbel began to design hand-made silver pieces in the modern style. Simultaneously, He produced Jewish ritual objects like a Chanukah menorah or candlesticks. Gumbel Utilized polished silver and other materials, such as ivory, in his works.
In 1936, Gumbel left Germany for Land of Israel, joining the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design as a teacher and the administrator of the metal department, alongside Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert. Once in the Land of Israel, Gumbel began to work with typography, Ostensibly as a result of Wolpert’s influence.
Despite Gumbel’s modern approach to design, he continued to work with and teach the Traditional methods of manual manufacturing, such as repoussé. In the early 1940s, he Opened an independent workshop where he produced metal works and Judaica pieces In said silversmith techniques.
Gumbel retired from his work at Bezalel in 1955. In his will Gumbel left the continuation of His creation to the artist Malka Cohavi, his assistant and teacher at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.