Individual German Illustrators: Information on Boys' Fashions


Figure 1.--A German reader tells u, "When I saw the HBC Allers page reminded me at once of a drawing in one of my books. Not the name but the style. I looked it up and it was also from Allers. I like this scene. It is entitled: "Am Grunewaldsee" ("At the Grunewald-lake") and was done in 1889. It shows German families picnicing and enjoying the lake.

We know of very few German illustrators at this time. This is primarily because we have little information on German children's literature. We are hoping that our German readers will eventually provide some details for us here. We have noted one very impressive and prolific German illustrator--C.W. Allers. He was active at the turn of the century. Unfortunately we have little information about him at this time. His illustrations cover a wide range of topics, but we note that the drew clothing and hair styles in meticulous detail. Another famous German illustrator was the inventor of the comic strip, Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908), the creator of Max and Moritz, a story every German-speaking person knows.

Christian Wilhelm Allers (Germany, 1857-1915)

We have noted one very impressive and prolific German illustrator--Christian Wilhelm Allers. He is often referred to as just C.W. Allers. He was active at the turn of the century. Unfortunately we have little information about him at this time. His illustrations cover a wide range of topics, but we note that the drew clothing and hair styles in meticulous detail. Unfortunalely we know very little about him. He was born in Hamburg during 1857 and died in 1915 at Karlsruhe. He was an iIllustrator and painter. He lived and worked in Berlin between 1902 and 1914. We have also noted some work from Australia and New Zealand under the name of William Andreson. He portrayed the Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand, in 1903. He is perhpas best known for his many sketches of Berliners and also of the German aristocracy, including the children.

Wilhelm Busch (German, 1832-1908)

I had always thought that the comic strip was an American creation, but it is the German illustrator and humerous poet that apparently is created weith inventing the comic strip. Wilhelm Busch was born in 1832, in the village of Wiedensahl near Hannover, Germany. His goal was to be a master painter, but instead his career took a very different path.

Albert Hendschel (Germany, 1834-19??)

A German reader has suggested adding Albert Hendschel to our list of illustrators who have drawn childre, providing interesting historical images. Many of his sketches were never published because in the 19th century they had to be engraved and he flet this would spoil them. He became more interested in publishing once publication was possible through photolithography. The line drawings we have seen are very senitively drawn with a lot of useful details on clothing.

Unknown Illustrator

We notice an anonymous work of Scottish boy in full dress kilt. It is apparently German in origin, appearing in Jugend Magazine, No. 36, 1907. The boy seems to be about 11 or 12 years old.







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