Carl August Reinhardt (also referred to as Karl Reinhardt; born 25.
April 1818 in Leipzig, Germany; died 11. August 1877 in Radebeul,
Germany) was a German author, painter, graphic artist, and
caricaturist.Reinhardt studied art in Leipzig, Dresden, and Munich,
under the tutelage of Johan Christian Dahl and Albert Zimmermann,
among others. During the 1840s and 1850s, he lived a bohemian
wandering life as a landscape painter, author, and caricaturist.
During this time, he contributed to the well-known magazines
Kladderadatsch, Die Gartenlaube, and Illustrirte Zeitung.In 1848,
Reinhardt contributed to the Fliegende Blätter, in an issue titled
"Meister Lapp and his apprentice Pips." The original issue was
incomplete, and a complete version appeared in an 1851 book version
published by Braun & Schneider. Reinhardt helped pioneer the comics
genre in Deutscher Bilderbogen für Jung und Alt, which was inspired
by the Munich Bilderbogen.Reinhardt made his living illustrating
books. Some of his best-known lithographs appear in volumes 2-4 of To
America! by Friedrich Gerstäcker, published in 1855.
April 1818 in Leipzig, Germany; died 11. August 1877 in Radebeul,
Germany) was a German author, painter, graphic artist, and
caricaturist.Reinhardt studied art in Leipzig, Dresden, and Munich,
under the tutelage of Johan Christian Dahl and Albert Zimmermann,
among others. During the 1840s and 1850s, he lived a bohemian
wandering life as a landscape painter, author, and caricaturist.
During this time, he contributed to the well-known magazines
Kladderadatsch, Die Gartenlaube, and Illustrirte Zeitung.In 1848,
Reinhardt contributed to the Fliegende Blätter, in an issue titled
"Meister Lapp and his apprentice Pips." The original issue was
incomplete, and a complete version appeared in an 1851 book version
published by Braun & Schneider. Reinhardt helped pioneer the comics
genre in Deutscher Bilderbogen für Jung und Alt, which was inspired
by the Munich Bilderbogen.Reinhardt made his living illustrating
books. Some of his best-known lithographs appear in volumes 2-4 of To
America! by Friedrich Gerstäcker, published in 1855.
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