Fliegende Blätter

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Frontpage of an issue of the Blätter from 1873

Page from 1860, illustrated by Wilhelm Busch

The Fliegende Blätter (Flying Leaves) was a German weekly non-political^[1] humor and satire magazine appearing between 1845 and 1944 in Munich. Many of the illustrations were by well-known artists such as Wilhelm Busch, Count Franz Pocci, Hermann Vogel, Carl Spitzweg, Julius Klinger, Edmund Harburger, Adolf Oberländer and others. It was published by Braun & Schneider, a company belonging to the wood engraver Kaspar Braun and illustrator Friedrich Schneider.^[2] Aimed at the German bourgeoisie, it reached a maximum circulation of c.95,000 copies by 1895. It merged in 1928 with a competitor, the Meggendorfer-Blätter.^[1]

Sample illustrations

The first known instance of the Rabbit–duck illusion, anonymous illustration from the 23 October 1892 issue.
Mahler conducting by Hans Schließmann, 1901
Illustration by Hermann Stockmann, 1903
Illustration by Alexander Otrey (1877-1939), 1903

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Levy, Richard S. (2005). Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia Of Prejudice And Persecution, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 828. ISBN 9781851094394. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
↑ "Fliegende Blätter". Harald Fischer Verlag. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

External links

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Digital collection of the Fliegende Blätter from the Heidelberg University

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