Oskar Roick

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Allegory by Oskar Roick, on the death of the heraldist Count Karl Emich zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen , 1906

Oskar Julius Roick (born March 28, 1870 in Berlin ; † November 12, 1926 there ) was a German heraldist , coat of arms painter, illustrator and lithographer .

His work had a significant influence on the heraldry of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was a multiple honored member of the heraldic association HEROLD, founded in 1869, and of the heraldic association "Zum Kleeblatt", founded in 1888 .

Works

  • Collaboration on the "New Screen Maker"
  • H. Ahrens: The coat of arms of the provinces of the Kingdom of Prussia . Carl Küster, Hanover 1897, with accompanying drawings by Oskar Roick
  • Bernhard Koerner (ed.): Genealogical handbook of bourgeois families, a German gender book . Verlag von CA Starke, Görlitz 1910 (16th volume with drawings by Oskar Roick)
  • Family coat of arms of the Memmesheimer
  • State coat of arms of the Free State of Lippe
  • numerous ex libris

literature

  • Gernot Blum: Departure into modernity - the ex-libris around 1900 , article: Die Heraldiker - Oskar Roick, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 978-3-922 835-19-6

Web links

Commons : Oskar Roick  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files