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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 , Antwerpen and Munich he turned to drawing Caricature s.

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 , and are said to have been the 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 Painting s that weren't sold before his death in 1908 .



WORKS

(with the year of publication)
  • 1859 ''Die kleinen Honigdiebe'' {Link without Title}

  • 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)



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