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Wilhelm Busch

75 works

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Painting of a young boy in a waistcoat standing with eyes closed, biting his fingernails, against a dark brown background.

Boy biting his Nails

1891

Dim interior painting of a tavern with a standing figure in red and a seated figure beside a table with jugs.

Dutch inn

1890

Loose oil study of a young boy with eyes shut and mouth wide open in a loud cry, against a warm brown background.

Screaming boy

1873

Bitter Medicine

1892

Loose oil landscape of flat fields, green trees and a small figure under a greenish sky.

Niedersächsische Landschaft

1885

Loose oil sketch of a forest edge with green trees, a pale sky opening and a small red figure on the ground.

Waldlandschaft mit Kühen und Bauern

1890

Oil painting of a sunlit field with two trees, boulders in the foreground, and a distant tree line under blue sky.

Blick aus einer Scheune

1885

Painting of a woman in a head wrap holding a crying child in a dim room with a clay pot and firewood.

Small But Stubborn

1875

Oil portrait of a young man with short dark hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer, against a gray background.

Portrait of a Young Man

1875

Loose brushstroke painting of an autumn forest with rust-brown trees, a grey sky, and a small figure in red on the path.

Autumn forest

1850

Painting of a shepherd in a red jacket and black hat sitting on a rock beside two cows in an open field.

Shepherd with cows

1885

Title page for Herr und Frau Knopp with red lettering and a small caricature of a carriage pulled by a horse, signed Wilhelm

Titelblatt zu "Herr und Frau Knopp"

1876

Pen sketch of a woman in an apron cleaning a window, with a bucket and cloth on the sill below.

Frau Knopp beim Fensterputz

1876

Pen sketch of a stout man in a tall hat walking past a bucket, broom and hanging cloth on a tan paper.

Herr Knopp stößt im Vorbeigehen seine putzende Frau aus dem Fenster

1876

Pen and ink sketch of a woman sweeping a room, with a large jug at left and a figure in a doorway at right.

Frau Knopp beim Hausputz

1876

Pen sketch of a stout man in a hat walking through a room past a curtain, with a small figure at lower left.

Herr Knopp durchschreitet einen Raum

1876

Pen sketch of two men in an inn, one holding beer mugs, beside a tall case clock.

Mr. Knopp at the inn

1876

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man and a woman in a headscarf serving coffee at a table, on tan paper.

Frau Knopp serviert ihrem Mann Kaffee

1876

Pen and ink sketch of a heavyset seated man with a woman leaning toward him beside a small table, on tan paper.

Frau Knopp redet ihrem Mann gut zu

1876

Pen and ink caricature sketch of a stout man and a seated figure with a cup on a table, on brown paper.

Herr Knopp verschüttet seinen Kaffee

1876

Ink drawing of a surprised bald man in a chair as a woman leans over to whisper in his ear.

Frau Knopp flüstert ihrem Mann etwas ihn Überraschendes ins Ohr

1876

Frau Knopp verschließt einem Vorhang

1876

Ink sketch of a woman holding a swaddled baby beside a man with raised arms, plus a partial figure at left, on tan paper.

Herrn und Frau Knopps unterschiedliche Freude über den Nachwuchs

1876

Hand-colored comic sheet of sixteen panels showing a boy in new trousers falling into water, a syrup barrel, and bees.

Pepi en zijn nieuwe broek

1833

Hand-colored comic strip of twelve panels showing two boys stealing honey from a beehive and being stung by bees.

Twee honing dieven

1860

Pen sketch of a seated man smoking a pipe in a tavern while a bespectacled host bows beside him.

Herr Knopp wird im Wirtshaus begrüßt

1876

Twelve-panel comic sequence of an elephant chasing and throwing a man, who lands in a cactus, with Dutch captions.

De wraak van den olifant

1843

Nine-panel comic sequence of a farmer, a donkey and a windmill, with Dutch verse captions beneath each scene.

De boer en de molenaar

1860

Hand-colored comic print of six panels showing a farmer, his pig, an inn, and a tavern table overturned in chaos.

De boer en zijn varken

1843

Nine-panel comic print showing a farmer and miller fighting with saws and brooms, ending with a collapsing windmill.

De boer en de molenaar

1843

Pen and watercolor frieze of four allegorical women among scrolling vines, flowers and grapes, with a child and kneeling figu

Vier allegorische Frauendarstellungen

1875

Hand-lettered book cover titled Abenteuer eines Junggesellen in black and red, with a pencil flourish and signature, on kraft

Bilderhandschrift zu "Abenteuer eines Junggesellen"

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