Wilhelm Busch
Wilhelm Busch (born April 15, 1832 in Wiedensahl, near Hannover; died January 9, 1908 in Mechtshausen) was a German painter and poet who is known for his satirical picture stories. After studying first mechanical engineering and then art in Düsseldorf, Antwerp, and Munich he started drawing caricatures.
Wilhelm Busch also wrote a number of poems in a style similar to his picture stories. Besides that he produced more than 1,000 oil paintings that were not sold until after his death in 1908.
Works
(with the year of publication)
- 1859 Die kleinen Honigdiebe [1]
- 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 Saint Antonius of 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 Critique of the Heart (orig. Kritik des Herzens)
- 1875 Adventures of a Bachelor (orig. 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)
Wilhelm Busch Media
The house in which Busch was born, Wiedensahl, 2008
A scene from Max and Moritz
de:Wilhelm Busch, Fotografie ca. 1882
Busch's grave in Mechtshausen
A scene from Helen Who Couldn't Help It
Two scenes from Monsieur Jacques à Paris während der Belagerung von 1870
Eingeschlafener Trinker by Wilhelm Busch 1869, Städel art museum
Wilhelm Busch in 1878, photograph by Edgar Hanfstaengl
Waldlandschaft mit Heufuder und Kühen, 1884–1893
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Related pages
References
- ↑ [1] Archived 2006-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
- Collection of known works (Gutenberg Project Germany)
- Works by Wilhelm Busch at Project Gutenberg
- Biography and works (in German)