Author
Wilhelm Busch
German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)
Their life
Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch lived from 1832 to 1908. He worked as a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter, and he is best known for illustrated stories that broke with the conventions of his time and continue to shape the medium.
His work drew on the traditions of folk humor and on a broad knowledge of German literature and art. He used these to mock the society around him, aiming his satire at everyday pretensions, narrow piety, Catholicism, Philistine complacency, religious moralizing, bigotry, and attempts at moral improvement.
His skill in drawing and in verse influenced later comic artists and poets who wrote in everyday language. The American comic strip *The Katzenjammer Kids* was inspired by his *Max and Moritz*. Today the Wilhelm Busch Prize and the Wilhelm Busch Museum keep his legacy alive, and Germany marked the 175th anniversary of his birth in 2007. He is often called the forefather of comics.
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