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Portrait painted by Franz von Lenbach, about 1875
 
 
Wilhelm Busch (April 15, 1832 (Wiedensahl near Hannover) - January 9, 1908 (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 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 style similar to his picture stories. Besides that he produced more than 1,000 oil paintings that weren't sold before his death in 1908.
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1859 Die kleinen Honigdiebe [1]1864 Bilderpossen1865 Max and Moritz1866 Schnaken und Schnurren1867 Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe1868 Schnaken und Schnurren, part II1869 Schnurrdiburr oder die Bienen Braun1870 Der heilige Antonius von Padua1872 Schnaken und Schnurren, part III1872 Die fromme Helene1872 Bilder zur Jobsiade1872 Pater Filuzius1873 Der Geburtstag oder die Partikularisten1874 Dideldum!1874 Kritik des Herzens1875 Abenteuer eines Junggesellen1876 Herr und Frau Knopp1877 Julchen1878 Die Haarbeutel1879 Fipps der Affe1881 Stippstörchen für Äuglein und Öhrchen1881 Der Fuchs. Die Drachen. - Zwei lustige Sachen1882 Plisch und Plum1883 Balduin Bählamm, der verhinderte Dichter1884 Maler Klecksel1891 Eduards Traum1893 Von mir über mich (autobiography)1895 Der Schmetterling1904 Zu guter Letzt1908 Hernach1909 Schein und Sein1910 Ut ôler Welt (legends) [edit] External links |