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BUSCH, WILHELM (1832-1908)

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BUSCH, WILHELM (1832-1908) , See also:

German caricaturist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wiedensahl in See also:

Hanover. After studying at the See also:

ACADEMIES

academies of See also:

DUSSELDORF

Dusseldorf, See also:

Antwerp and See also:

MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, he joined in 1859 the See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of Fliegende Bldtter, the leading German comic See also:

paper, and was, together with See also:

OBERLANDER, ADAM ADOLF (1845— )

Oberlander, the founder of See also:

MODERN

modern German See also:

CARICATURE (Ital. caricatura, i.e. "ritratto ridicolo," from caricare, to load, to charge; Fr. charge)

caricature. His humorous drawings and caricatures are remark-able for the extreme simplicity and expressiveness of his See also:

PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen-andink See also:

LINE

line, which See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record with a few rapid scrawls the most complicated contortions of the See also:

BODY

body and the most transitory See also:

MOVEMENT

movement. His humorous illustrated poems, such as Max and See also:

MORITZ, KARL PHILIPP (1757-1793)

Moritz, Der heilige See also:

ANTONIUS

Antonius von See also:

PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, See also:

Die Fromme Helene, Hans Huckebein and Die Erlebnisse Knopps See also:

DES

des Junggesellen, See also:

PLAY

play, in the German nursery, the same See also:

PART

part that See also:

EDWARD

Edward See also:

LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888)

Lear's nonsense verses do in See also:

England. The types created by him have become See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household words in his See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. He invented the See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of comic sketches illustrating a See also:

story in scenes without words, which have inspired See also:

CARAN

Caran d'Ache and other leading caricaturists.

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