Fliegende Blätter

Frontpage of an issue of the Blätter from 1873

Page from 1860, illustrated by Wilhelm Busch

The Fliegende Blätter ("Flying Leaves"; also translated as "Flying Pages" or "Loose Sheets")^[1] was a German weekly non-political^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[2]

Sample illustrations

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  The first known instance of the rabbit–duck illusion, anonymous illustration from the 23 October 1892 issue.

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  Mahler conducting by Hans Schließmann, 1901

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  Illustration by Hermann Stockmann, 1903

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  Illustration by Alexander Otrey (1877-1939), 1903

Notes

1. Thierry Smolderen, The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2014, p. 114.
2. Levy, Richard S. (2005). Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia Of Prejudice And Persecution, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 828. ISBN 9781851094394. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
3. "Fliegende Blätter". Harald Fischer Verlag. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

External links

• Digital collection of the Fliegende Blätter from the Heidelberg University
• Media related to Fliegende Blätter at Wikimedia Commons