Johann Bahr (painter)
Accident in a machine factory, Illustrirte Zeitung , 1889
Johann Bahr (born June 22, 1859 in Flensburg , Denmark ; died 1930 ) was a German painter and caricaturist.
Life
Johann Bahr initially worked as a mechanical engineer. In Berlin he briefly visited the Academy of Fine Arts and then worked in Friedenau as a freelance artist. He published his caricatures in the Flying Leaves and in the Funny Leaves . In 1896 he founded the professional association of illustrators and became its chairman.
Works (selection)
- Wilhelm Bölsche : Berliner Pflaster: Illustrated accounts from Berlin life . Illustrations Johann Bahr et al. Berlin: Verlag von W. Pauli's Nachf., 1894
- Charles Dickens : Foreign humor: selected short stories and sketches . Illustrations by Johann Bahr. Berlin: book publ. for the German House, 1908
- (Collaboration): 130 funny pranks from the animal and human kingdom: A folk book German humor . Munich: Braun & Schneider, 1931
literature
- Roswitha Friedel: Bahr, Johann . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 6, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22746-9 , p. 298.
- Maren Jung-Diestelmeier: "The wrong England": visual stereotypes on postcards and German self-images 1899–1918 . Illustrated book. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2017, Figure 123
- Eckart Sackmann: Johann Bahr, pages 36 to 47, in: Deutsche Comicforschung 2006 ISBN 3-89474-155-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Bahr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Johann Bahr in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Year of death at DNB
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bahr, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flensburg , Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1930 |