What is Wilhelm Busch?
[[Image:Wilhelm Busch, Portrait by Franz von Lenbach.jpg|thumb|Portrait painted by [[Franz von Lenbach]], about 1875]] '''Wilhelm Busch''' (born 14 April 1832 in [[Wiedensahl]], near [[Hannover]]; died 9 January 1908 in [[Mechtshausen]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[painter]] and [[poet]] who is known for his [[satirical]] picture stories. After studying first [[mechanical engineering]] and then [[art]] in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Antwerp]], and [[Munich]] he started drawing [[caricature]]s. Wilhelm Busch also wrote a number of poems in a style similar to his picture stories. Besides that he produced more than 1,000 [[oil painting]]s that were not sold until after his death in 1908. == Works == (with the year of publication) * 1859 ''Die kleinen Honigdiebe'' <ref>[http://bugpowder.com/andy/e.busch.bb_243-honig.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113203121/http://bugpowder.com/andy/e.busch.bb_243-honig.html |date=2006-11-13 }}</ref> * 1864 ''Bilderpossen'' * 1865 ''[[Max and Moritz]]'' * 1866 ''Schnaken und Schnurren'' * 1867 ''Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe'' * 1868 ''Schnaken und Schnurren, part II'' * 1869 ''Schnurrdiburr oder die Bienen Braun'' * 1870 '' Saint Antonius of Padua'' * 1872 ''Schnaken und Schnurren, part III'' * 1872 ''Die fromme Helene'' * 1872 ''Bilder zur Jobsiade'' * 1872 ''Pater Filuzius'' * 1873 ''Der Geburtstag oder die Partikularisten'' * 1874 ''Dideldum!'' * 1874 ''Critique of the Heart'' (orig. ''Kritik des Herzens'') * 1875 ''Adventures of a Bachelor'' (orig. ''Abenteuer eines Junggesellen'') * 1876 ''Herr und Frau Knopp'' * 1877 ''Julchen'' * 1878 ''Die Haarbeutel'' * 1879 ''Fipps der Affe'' * 1881 ''Stippstörchen für Äuglein und Öhrchen'' * 1881 ''Der Fuchs. Die Drachen. - Zwei lustige Sachen'' * 1882 ''Plisch und Plum'' * 1883 ''Balduin Bählamm, der verhinderte Dichter'' * 1884 ''Maler Klecksel'' * 1891 ''Eduards Traum'' * 1893 ''Von mir über mich'' (autobiography) * 1895 ''Der Schmetterling'' * 1904 ''Zu guter Letzt'' * 1908 ''Hernach'' * 1909 ''Schein und Sein'' * 191