Sepp Wurster has been one of Bertold Hummel’s close friends since the early 1950s. In 1960, he became godfather to Hummel’s third son, Martin Tobias. Numerous works by the painter and graphic artist adorn the walls of Hummel’s flats in Freiburg and Würzburg. In 1965, he designed the posters for the ‘Studio für Neue Musik in Würzburg’ concert series. He provided his illustrations to Zimmermannverlag Frankfurt for the posthumously published sheet music editions‘Fröhliche Weihnachtszeit zu zweit’and ‘Tänze aus dem Schwarzwald’.

Biography
Josef (Sepp) Wurster (born 18 October 1919 in Freiburg im Breisgau), apprenticed as a church painter; 1958–1959 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Prof. Oberberger, followed by training as a church painter at the School of Graphic Arts in Innsbruck; 1947–1948: further training in drawing and watercolour painting and study of typographic design; 1949: studied portrait and nude drawing under Rudolf Dischinger in Freiburg; 1950: studied at what was then the Freiburg Academy of Fine Arts under Prof. Adolf Strübe. 1952–1960: In-house graphic designer at the Amerika-Haus in Freiburg; 1960–1962: Artistic director of the Atelier Maurice Herzog, Lausanne-Pforzheim; 1962–1966: Artistic director of the Atelier Eilebrecht, Baden-Baden. Since 1967, Sepp Wurster has been working as a freelance painter, graphic designer and book illustrator.