Hulda Zumsteg
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12 November 1890
Hulda Zumsteg | |
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 Zumsteg at Kronenhalle in front of her own portrait by Varlin, 1980s | |
| Born | Hulda Durst 12 November 1890 |
| Died | 14 July 1984 (aged 93) |
| Occupations | Restaurateur, art collector |
| Years active | 1924-1984 |
| Known for | Founding and leading Kronenhalle |
| Spouse |
Gottlieb Zumsteg
(m. 1914; died 1957) |
| Children | 2, including Gustav |
Hulda Zumsteg (Swiss Standard German: [ˈtsʊmʃteːɡ]; née Durst; 12 November 1890 - 14 July 1984) was a Swiss restaurateur, co-founder and owner of Kronenhalle in Zürich, Switzerland. She was the mother of Gustav Zumsteg.
During her patronage she found acquaintance in many writers and artists such as James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Berthold Brecht, Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Max Gubler and Henry van de Velde. She also had a special relationship to Yves Saint Laurent who clad her in his gowns and was responsible for bringing the first art into the permanent Zumsteg collection.[1][2]
Zumsteg was born 12 November 1890 in Winterthur, Switzerland, to Peter Durst, an orthopedic shoemaker, and Hulda Durst (née Strahl; 1871–1895), originally being from Igersheim, Württemberg in the Grand Duchy of Baden.[3][4] She had several siblings including; Mina Durst (born 1894).[5]
She lost her mother at an early age and her father remarried soon to German-born Maria Theresia Pflüger, originally of Balg (presently part of Baden-Baden), through whom she had the half-sibling Peter Heinrich Durst (born 1899).[6][7] She would have liked to become a school teacher but the family couldn't afford the studies, an offered scholarship was declined by her father.
Initially, she worked in a private household in Winterthur, and then entered the hospitality industry initially as a server at the Restaurant Mühle on the Bellevue (presently Haifischbar). There was also introduced to her husband.[8]
