Wilhelm Busch

Infobox Artist
name = Wilhelm Busch


caption = Self-portrait
birthdate = birth date|1832|4|15|df=y
location = Wiedensahl near Hannover, Germany
deathdate = Death date and age|1908|1|9|1832|4|15|df=y
deathplace = Mechtshausen, Germany
nationality = German
field = Caricature
Painting
Poetry

Wilhelm Busch (15 April 1832 - 9 January 1908) was a German caricaturist, painter and poet who is known for his satirical picture stories. After studying first mechanical engineering and then art in Düsseldorf, Antwerpen and Munich, he turned to drawing caricatures.

One of his first picture stories, "Max and Moritz" (published in 1865), was a huge success. "Max and Moritz" as well as many of his other picture stories are regarded as one of the main precursors of the modern comic strip. "Max and Moritz", for instance, has been an inspiration for the "Katzenjammer Kids".

Wilhelm Busch also wrote a number of poems in a similar style to his picture stories. Besides that he produced more than 1,000 oil paintings that weren't sold before his death in 1908. He was also active as a sculptor.

Works

(with the year of publication)
*1859 "Die kleinen Honigdiebe" [ [http://bugpowder.com/andy/e.busch.bb_243-honig.html "Die kleinen Honigdiebe" at the Early Comics Archive] ]
*1864 "Bilderpossen"
*1865 "Max and Moritz"
*1866 "Schnaken und Schnurren"
*1867 "Hans Huckebein, der Unglücksrabe"
*1868 "Schnaken und Schnurren, part II"
*1869 "Schnurrdiburr oder die Bienen Braun"
*1870 "Der heilige Antonius von Padua"
*1872 "Schnaken und Schnurren, part III"
*1872 "Die fromme Helene"
*1872 "Bilder zur Jobsiade"
*1872 "Pater Filuzius"
*1873 "Der Geburtstag oder die Partikularisten"
*1874 "Dideldum!"
*1874 "Kritik des Herzens"
*1875 "Abenteuer eines Junggesellen"
*1876 "Herr und Frau Knopp"
*1877 "Julchen"
*1878 "Die Haarbeutel"
*1879 "Fipps, der Affe"
*1881 "Stippstörchen für Äuglein und Öhrchen"
*1881 "Der Fuchs. Die Drachen. - Zwei lustige Sachen"
*1882 "Plisch und Plum"
*1883 "Balduin Bählamm, der verhinderte Dichter"
*1884 "Maler Klecksel"
*1891 "Eduards Traum"
*1893 "Von mir über mich" (autobiography)
*1895 "Der Schmetterling"
*1904 "Zu guter Letzt"
*1908 "Hernach"
*1909 "Schein und Sein"
*1910 "Ut ôler Welt" (legends)

Recent & Current Publications

*cite book |title=Max and Moritz and Other Bad-Boy Tales New Translation from the German |first=Andy |last=Gaus |location=Rockville, MD|publisher=James A. Rock & Co |year=2003 |isbn=0-918736-17-X
*cite book |title=Das Grosse Wilhelm Busch Album in Farbe |last=Die beliebtesten Geschichten |location=Remseck, Germany |publisher=Unipart Verlag |isbn=978-3912234122

Gallery

Notes

External links

* [http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/autoren/busch.htm Collection of known works (Projekt Gutenberg-DE)]
*gutenberg author|id=Wilhelm+Busch|name=Wilhelm Busch
* [http://www.wilhelm-busch-seiten.de/ Biography and works (in German)]
*YouTube|qZh-_XtBr4A|The Virtuoso - a new years concerto

Persondata
NAME= Busch, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=German painter and poet
DATE OF BIRTH=April 15, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH=Wiedensahl near Hannover
DATE OF DEATH=January 9, 1908
PLACE OF DEATH=Mechtshausen