Karl Finke: Buch No. 3. Ein Vorlagealbum des Hamburger Tätowierers

Description

During an ongoing research project on the history of tattooing with a focus on Christian Warlich, an album of designs by the Hamburg tattoo artist Karl Finke (*1866) was stumbled upon at the Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde in Dresden. Karl Finke ranks as one of the most important figures in German tattoo history. Together with Christian Warlich, he was one of the protagonists of the Hamburg tattoo scene in the first half of the twentieth century.

Statement of the jury

This book about a once renowned tattoo artist from St. Pauli is notable for the superb paper used and for its clear design. But the book’s content is also compelling, given that the motifs depicted in it provide an excellent survey of the history of tattoo art in the first half of the 20th century.