Wilhelm Busch

Wilhelm Busch (born 14 April 1832 in Wiedensahl, near Hannover; died 9 January 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  
 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)

Related pages
Düsseldorf school of painting
List of German painters

 References 

 Other websites 

 Collection of known works (Gutenberg Project Germany)

 Biography and works (in German)

Category:1832 births
Category:1908 deaths

Category:German poets
Category:German painters
Category:German autobiographers