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Wilhelm Busch(1832-1908)

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Wilhelm Busch was a German painter, poet and satirist, best known for his drawings that were accompanied by wise, satiric, doggerel verse. His Bilderbogen (pictorial broadsheets) are considered to be precursors of the comic strip.

In 1859, after study at academies in Duesseldorf, Antwerp, and Munich, Busch began to contribute comic sketches series to Fliegende Blätter and Münchener Bilderbogen, published in Munich. These were followed by his continuous pictorial narratives (bilderposse) short verse-texts. These included his most famous work Max und Moritz and Der heilige Antonius von Padua, Die fromme Helene, Hans Huckebein, Dideldum!, and Herr und Frau Knopp.

By 1910 over half a million copies of Max und Moritz and his works had been translated into over 200 languages.

In Germany, Busch's work continues in popularity and his writings are widely quoted in German-speaking countries. His style has been copied by innumerable artists.
BornApril 15, 1832
DiedJanuary 9, 1908(75)
BornApril 15, 1832
DiedJanuary 9, 1908(75)
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Max und Moritz (1956)
Max und Moritz
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1956
Simone Rethel in Die fromme Helene (1965)
Die fromme Helene
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1965
Wilhelm Busch - Die Trickfilm-Parade: Max und Moritz und andere Streiche (1978)
Wilhelm Busch - Die Trickfilm-Parade: Max und Moritz und andere Streiche
7.3
  • Writer
  • 1978
Ist mir mein Leben geträumt?
TV Short
  • Writer
  • 1956

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  • Hans Huckebein, der Unglücksrabe (2021)
    Hans Huckebein, der Unglücksrabe
    • original story
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Max und Moritz - Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen (2020)
    Max und Moritz - Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen
    • original story
    • story by
    • Video
    • 2020
  • Wilhelm Busch in Katze Und Maus (2015)
    Katze Und Maus
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Max und Moritz
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Rezgalibas II
    • comic
    • 2006
  • Max and Moritz Reloaded (2005)
    Max and Moritz Reloaded
    • story "Max und Moritz" (uncredited)
    • 2005
  • Max und Moritz
    • writer
    • Short
    • 1989
  • Ein wunderlicher Kerl
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1986
  • Plyukh i Plikh (1984)
    Plyukh i Plikh
    • story
    • TV Short
    • 1984
  • Wunderland (1983)
    Wunderland
    • characters: "Max" und "Moritz" (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Wilhelm Busch - Die Trickfilm-Parade: Max und Moritz und andere Streiche (1978)
    Wilhelm Busch - Die Trickfilm-Parade: Max und Moritz und andere Streiche
    • comic strip
    • 1978
  • Heinz Rühmann erzählt Max und Moritz von Wilhelm Busch (1978)
    Heinz Rühmann erzählt Max und Moritz von Wilhelm Busch
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1978
  • Simone Rethel in Die fromme Helene (1965)
    Die fromme Helene
    • after his works
    • 1965
  • Der Vogel, scheint mir, hat Humor...
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1961
  • Der Vetter auf Besuch
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1961

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  • Born
    • April 15, 1832
    • Wiedensahl, Kingdom of Hanover [now Lower Saxony, Germany]
  • Died
    • January 9, 1908
    • Mechtshausen, Province of Hanover, Prussia [now Seesen, Lower Saxony], Germany
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    • 1 Biographical Movie

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