Heinrich Kruspe
Heinrich Johann Kruspe (born August 19, 1821 in Erfurt ; † April 15, 1893 there ) was a German painter , children's book author and chronicler .
Life
He first attended the Protestant seminary and then the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin . He found his first job in 1843 as an assistant teacher at the Erfurt deaf-mute institution. In 1844 he started his own business as a drawing teacher and book author in Erfurt and lived in Wenigemarkt 2.
In 1850 he made the drawings for Mühlfeld's children's book Die Struwwelsuse , which is based heavily on the model of Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann , published 5 years earlier . His two-volume sagas of the city of Erfurt and his Erfurt illustrated chronicle were more successful . The drawings he made from Erfurt's old town are important historical documents today.
Works
- The booklet Rosenroth: 23 pictures from the children's circles , Erfurt 1845
- New illustrious children's newspaper , Verlag Friedrich Bartholomeus, Erfurt 1846
- Buds: Collection of newer seals for the children's world , Erfurt 1846
- The child's joys and sorrows: a picture book for decent children , with Ernst Leyde , Verlag Friedrich Bartholomeus, Erfurt 1848
- Die Struwwelsuse, or funny stories and funny pictures for children , text: Mühlfeld, Verlag Friedrich Bartholomeus, Erfurt 1850
- Slate pleasure in pictures and rhymes , text: Mühlfeld, Verlag Friedrich Bartholomeus, Erfurt 1853
- Book of legends of the city of Erfurt , Volumes 1 and 2, Erfurt 1877
- Erfurt Picture Chronicle , Edition 1, self-published, Erfurt 1879
- Contributions to the history of art in Erfurt , supplement to the annual report of the Royal High School in Erfurt , Erfurt 1889
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Kruspe in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erfurt death register, 1893, entry no.465
- ↑ Dieter Pötschke: Herrschaft, Glaube und Kunst: on the history of the imperial monastery and monastery Drübeck, Lukas Verlag, 2008, p. 195, note 32
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SURNAME | Kruspe, Heinrich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kruspe, Heinrich Johann (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, art educator and chronicler |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1821 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1893 |
Place of death | Erfurt |