IDA – Page 14 – Index of Names & Places

About Maschinenfabrik Michael Kämpf

Posted on April 25, 2020 | by IDA

Manufacturers of engraving machines in Bad Homburg, Germany, 1920–1981

According to the Science Museum Group the history of the company is as follows:

1920 – foundation of Kampf to manufacture of slitting and rewinding machines for the paper converting industry;

1959 – foundation of subsidiary Dohrer Maschinenbau GmbH in Dohr/Cochem-Mosel;

1981 – foundation of Kampf Machinery Corporation (KMC) in Nashville, United States; acquisition of the Kampf-Group by Jagenberg AG, Düsseldorf;

2003 – acquisition of Jagenberg AG by Kleinewefers Beteiligungs-GmbH, Krefeld;

2004 – foundation of Kampf (Shanghai) Machinery in China;

2009 – foundation of Kampf Machinery India in Baroda/India
(service and spare parts)

2011 – Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik GmbH & Co. KG

Representatives of the firm wrote to Ismar David on May 16, 1952, as he prepared to return to Israel, after finishing his work for the Bonds of Israel.

Dear Mr. David,

Dr. Spitzer, Jerusalem, informed us that you would like to spend some days in our workshops, being trained on the Special Engraving Machine Type B III/M/R-St that we delivered to Dr. Spitzer.

We would very much like to train you on the above named machine and would be pleased if you would visit us for this purpose in the near future. Please let us know in advance the day you intend to arrive, so that we can make the appropriate provisions.

Looking forward to your reply and to welcoming you,

Sincerely,
MICHAEL KÄMPF KG
Machinenfabrik

About Pinelawn Memorial Park

Posted on April 23, 2020 | by IDA

Pinelawn Memorial Park, nondenominational cemetery in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. founded by William H. Locke, Jr. in 1902.

Ismar David at Pinelawn Memorial Park — Ismar David in a mausoleum complex he designed at Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, c.1992.

Alfred Locke, son of Pinelawn’s founder, first engaged Ismar David in 1964, on the recommendation of Leon Shipper, another cemetery owner. The commission was a small mausoleum building, featuring John Donne’s Meditation XVII, which begins “No man is an island entire of itself…” David’s subsequent association with the Locke family and Pinelawn Memorial Park lasted for more than 30 years and involved planning the grounds and roads, designing large mausoleum complexes and features for ground burial areas, as well as graphics for promotion and advertising.

“The policy of Pinelawn is and always will be, to make it as beautiful and as tasteful as possible. Not merely by giving careful attention to all lawns, roads, foliage and flowers, and individual memorials but by developing a comprehensive park plan adapted to the size and resources of Pinelawn … by which the beauty of each part will be designed to contribute to the beauty of the whole, thereby enhancing the dignity and solemnity of the entire park.” From Pinelawn’s original brochure in 1902

Pinelawn 2022

About Jan Van Krimpen

Posted on April 23, 2020 | by IDA

Jan Van Krimpen, 1892–1958, typographer, book designer and type designer.

Not one to either criticize or praise his peers, Ismar David did express admiration for Jan Van Krimpen. Of special interest: Van Krimpen devised a plan for a multi-style, multi weight family of typefaces, called Romulus, before the war. It was never realized. The Roman and sloped Roman were produced in several sizes. A sans serif was cut but never issued.

Van Krimpen studied at the academy of art at The Hague. He received a commission from the Dutch post office to draw the lettering for a special commemorative stamp to be printed by the prominent firm of Enschedé in 1923. The success of the design led Enschedé to invite him to design a new typeface for the firm. The typeface he produced, Lutetia (the Roman name for Paris), was the official lettering for an exhibition of Dutch art in Paris in 1927, and its reception led to his lifelong association with the firm. His types became well known in the United States through the Limited Editions Club and in England through the Nonesuch Press.

About Elly Gross

Posted on April 23, 2020 | by IDA

Elly Gross, 1921–2014, Israeli graphic designer, lettering artist, painter, sculptor and teacher.

Born in Austria Elly Gross immigrated to Jerusalem in 1939 and studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. In the following years she continued to study sculpture, silkscreen printing and painting. During her career she designed a wide range of Hebrew book covers, magazines and publications, posters and corporate identities.

Gross and David were both members of the Jerusalem Group of Commercial Artists and collaborated on design projects. However, very little is known about these ventures.

Postcard to Elly Gross, 1974.In the collection of the National Library of Israel, ARC. 4* 1883 01 22

About Zvi Narkiss

Posted on April 23, 2020 | by IDA

Zvi Narkiss, 1921–2010, type and graphic designer.

Born in Romania, Zvi Narkiss immigrated to Jerusalem in 1944. He studied in the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and served as chief designer in the IDF training aids unit. He was a member of the Jerusalem Group of Commercial Artists. In 1955, he opened his studio and designed a variety of posters, stamps, bank notes and Hebrew typefaces. In an article¹ about his type design process he mentioned:

“Compared to manuscripts, the old and new Hebrew typefaces I knew, seemed to me motionless, rhythmless, and lacking consistency. However, I must note, there was one exception: David Hebrew, a typeface I fell in love with at first sight”.

About the Jerusalem Group of Commercial Artists

Posted on April 23, 2020 | by IDA

A group of commercial artists who lived near each other and informally consulted or collaborated with each other.

Established in 1935, in light of a significant development in the fields of advertising in Jerusalem. Among the members of the association were experienced graphic artists that emigrated from Europe. In November 1949, the Jerusalem branch of the group participated and won a competition for the design of Jerusalem’s city emblem. On three design proposals the artists signed collectively: Francisca Baruch, Emanuel Grau, Ismar David, Elly Gross, Zvi Narkiss and Eliyahu Koren.¹

According to a short profile in Publishers’ Weekly in March 24, 1951, Ismar David had served as its president.

About the Klutznick Exhibit Hall

Posted on April 21, 2020 | by IDA

Former exhibition space for B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection.

Established in 1957, the Phillip and Ethel Klutznick Exhibit Hall was part of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, housed in B’nai B’rith headquarters on Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, DC. until the building was sold in 2002.

The Phillip and Ethel Klutznick Exhibit Hall exhibited Ismar David’s 58 drawings for The Psalms, prior to their publication in book form. The opening of the Psalms exhibition took place on September 13, 1970.

About Aryeh Elhanani

Posted on April 21, 2020 | by IDA

Aryeh Elhanani, 1898–1985, architect, winner of the Architecture Israel Prize for his “contribution to Israeli culture.”

Ariyeh Elhanani with an architechtural model of the Jewish Palestine Pavilion. National Archives of Israel

Born in Ukraine, studied in Kiev at the School of Art and Architecture and immigrated in 1922 to Jerusalem. During his career he also worked in the fields of: theater sets, graphic design and sculpture.

During Ismar David’s time in Jerusalem he collaborated with Elhanani on several projects. Among them: the Palestine pavilions for the 1935 Exposition Universelle in Brussels and the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

About Intertype Corporation

Posted on April 21, 2020 | by IDA

Intertype Corporation issued David Hebrew in 1954.

The International Typesetting Machine Company was founded in 1911 by Hermann Ridder and began by using rebuilt Linotype machines. In 1916, it gained a new owner and a new name, the Intertype Corporation and by 1917 it was produced its own streamlined typesetting machines, similar to Linotype.

About The Composing Room

Posted on April 19, 2020 | by IDA

The Composing Room, type-setting firm founded by Sol Cantor and Robert L. Leslie in 1934.

The Composing Room became the sponsor for a variety of intellectual and educational endeavors starting with PM and A-D magazines, graphic arts courses, the A-D Gallery, Gallery 303 and eventually the lecture series Heritage of the Graphic Arts in the 1960s. Hortense Mendel David was publicity director and co-editor of publications.

Robert L. Leslie served as an intermediary between Ismar David (in Jerusalem) and Intertype (in Brooklyn) during the production of David Hebrew David metal type.

Composing Room Announcement — An undated announcement for The Composing Room