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

Life

Born in Merseburg, Herrfurth 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:

• Münchhausen, 2 six-part series
• Eulenspiegel, six-part series
• Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Grimm brothers), six-part series
• Der kleine Däumling (Bechstein), six-part series
• Der Schweinehirt (Andersen), six-part series, 1920
• Die sieben Raben (Grimm brothers), six-part series
• Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, six-part series
• Siebenschön (Bechstein), six-part series
• Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein (Grimm brothers), six-part series
• Marienkind (Grimm brothers), six-part series
• Das Schlaraffenland, six-part series
• Die Heinzelmännchen, six-part series[3]

Illustrated books:

• Der blaurote Methusalem [de] by Karl May. With one color cover image and 16 tone print images. 4th edition. Stuttgart among others: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft (1904).
• Karl May. Der Ölprinz. With 16 colour print images. 5th and last edition. Stuttgart among others: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft (1909).

Literature

• Hans Ries: Illustration und Illustratoren des Kinder- und Jugendbuchs im deutschsprachigen Raum 1871–1914.[4] Osnabrück, im Verlag Wenner 1992. ISBN 3-87898-329-8.

References

External links

• Literature by and about Oskar Herrfurth in the German National Library catalogue
• Postcard Illustrations by Oskar Herrfurthth-century
• Münchhausens Abenteuer in Bildern von Oskar Herrfurth Serie I
• Münchhausens Abenteuer in Bildern von Oskar Herrfurth Serie II
• Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, Postkartenserie von Oskar Herrfurth
• Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, Postkartenserie von Oskar Herrfurth
• Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein, Postkartenserie von Oskar Herrfurth
• Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland, Postkartenserie von Oskar Herrfurth
• Das Marienkind, Postkartenserie von Oskar Herrfurth

На других языках

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[de] Oskar Herrfurth

Oskar Herrfurth (* 5. Februar 1862 in Merseburg; † 1934) war ein deutscher Maler und Illustrator.

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- [en] Oskar Herrfurth

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