Oskar Herrfurth Explained

Oskar Herrfurth (5 February 1862 – 1934) was a German painter and illustrator.[1] [2]

Life

Herrfurth was born in Merseburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. He received his education at the art school in Weimar, where he lived for many years, later then in Hamburg. He created genre paintings as well as fairy tale pictures and worked as illustrator. He illustrated, among other things, the tall tales of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, works by Karl May as well as Grimms' Fairy Tales and fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Ludwig Bechstein.

Work

Illustrator of the following postcard series, all published by Uvachrom:

Illustrated books:

Literature

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ely. Richard. 2017-08-27. Oskar Herrfurth. 2020-07-29. Fées, elfes, lutins Peuple Féerique - Le Petit Monde de Richard Ely. fr-FR.
  2. Web site: Zakaj je prav sedem pravljična številka?. 2020-07-29. RTVSLO.si. sl.
  3. Book: Herrfurth. Oskar. Märchenbilder POSTKARTENBUCH Teil 2: Kinderbuch, Bilderbuch, Postkarten, farbig illustriert, Geschenk, Geburtstag, Weihnachten, Ostern, Bilderbuch, Schule. Potter. Elizabeth M.. 2020-02-25. BoD – Books on Demand. 978-3-7504-6068-3. de.
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/885339878 Illustration und Illustratoren des Kinder- und Jugendbuchs im deutschsprachigen Raum, 1871-1914 : das Bildangebot der Wilhelminischen Zeit, Geschichte und Aesthetik der Original- und Drucktechniken : internat. Lexikon der Illustratoren, Bibliographie ihrer Arbeiten