Wilhelm Busch
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His maternal grandfather Johann Georg Kleine bought a thatched half-timbered house in Wiedensahl where Busch was later born.[1] In autumn 1841 Busch's education was entrusted to his maternal uncle, clergyman Georg Kleine, at Ebergötzen.[2] He moved to Düsseldorf in June 1851 to study art, entering preparatory classes after not being admitted to the advanced class.[3][4] Busch died on the morning of 9 January 1908 after developing a sore throat and a weak heart.[5]
Henriette Kleine Stümpe and Friedrich Wilhelm Busch had seven children, the first of whom was Wilhelm Busch, born on 14 April 1832.[6] Typhus severely affected Busch in 1853; after this illness he left his Antwerp studies and came back to Wiedensahl without money.[7] Busch got in touch with the artist group Jung München and Kaspar Braun, who published satirical newspapers, proposed a collaboration with him.[8]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch
- Birthplace
- Wiedensahl, Kingdom of Hanover
- Died
- 9 January 1908
- Place of death
- Mechtshausen, Province of Hanover, German Empire
- Education
- Hannover Polytechnic
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Beaux-Arts Academy
- Antwerp
- Academy of Fine Arts
- Munich
- Genre
- Caricature
- painting
- poetry
- Notable works
- Max and Moritz
Facts from the source article.
What the cited sources add
Busch's one-act opera "Der Vetter auf Besuch" with his libretto was performed with great success at the Residenztheater.[9] The article reports that Busch spoke dismissively about his own libretti, calling them a "Schnurre" (nonsense) and washing his hands of them.[9] It also mentions that Busch created 14 known caricatures of Kremplsetzer, using the composer as a model.[9] In various picture stories, Busch employed the character type of a small, fat man whose bald head is adorned with a single hair.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kraus, p. 9; Pape, p. 14; Schury, p. 17 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schury, pp. 32–33 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Diers, p. 21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Weissweiler, p. 56 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Weissweiler, p. 344 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ""Dieses war der erste Streich, Doch der zweite folgt sogleich" - Wilhelm Busch", Archion, 14 April 2022; Galway, "Wann hatte Wilhelm Busch wirklich Geburtstag?", Germanic Notes and Reviews, 2000, p. 14–18 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kraus, p. 30; Busch, Bohne, Meskemper, Haberland, p. 6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Wilhelm Busch" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schury, p. 72; Diers, p. 34 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Georg Krempelsetzer's "Rothmantel" in Rosenheim A Bavarian Lortzing", Opera Lounge Magazine, 12 March 2024. facts only, no text reused. operalounge.de
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