Adolf Oberländer
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Adam Adolf Oberländer was a German
caricaturist.
He was born at Ratisbon, but after 1847 lived in Munich
. He studied painting at the Munich Academy under Karl von Piloty
, and soon discovered that the true expression of his genius was in the field of caricature
and comic drawings. He joined the staff of the Fliegende Blätter, to which he became a constant contributor. Unlike Wilhelm Busch
, whose aim was the utmost simplicity of line and whose drawings form a running commentary to the legend, Oberlnder's work is essentially pictorial, and expressive in itself, without the extraneous aid of the written line. Among his best drawings are his parodies on the style of well-known painters, such as the Variations on the Kissing Theme. His works have been collected in the Oberländer-Album, published by Braun and Schneider in Munich, and reprinted a number of times, most recently by Rosenheimer in 1982. (ISBN 3475523590)
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
caricaturist.
He was born at Ratisbon, but after 1847 lived in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. He studied painting at the Munich Academy under Karl von Piloty
Karl von Piloty
Karl Theodor von Piloty was a German painter.Von Piloty was born in Munich. His father, Ferdinand Piloty , enjoyed a great reputation as a lithographer. In 1840, Karl was admitted as a student of the Munich Academy, under the artists Karl Schorn and Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld...
, and soon discovered that the true expression of his genius was in the field of caricature
Caricature
A caricature is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.Caricatures can be...
and comic drawings. He joined the staff of the Fliegende Blätter, to which he became a constant contributor. Unlike Wilhelm Busch
Wilhelm Busch
Wilhelm Busch was an influential German caricaturist, painter, and poet who is famed for his satirical picture stories with rhymed texts....
, whose aim was the utmost simplicity of line and whose drawings form a running commentary to the legend, Oberlnder's work is essentially pictorial, and expressive in itself, without the extraneous aid of the written line. Among his best drawings are his parodies on the style of well-known painters, such as the Variations on the Kissing Theme. His works have been collected in the Oberländer-Album, published by Braun and Schneider in Munich, and reprinted a number of times, most recently by Rosenheimer in 1982. (ISBN 3475523590)