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Busch, Wilhelm
(1832-1906)Wilhelm Busch and Paul Lindau

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographer: Ernst Hanfstaengel (1840-1897). Wilhelm Busch and Paul Lindau. 1877. Albumen print on carte-de-visite mount. Annotated in pencil on mount verso.

Wilhelm Busch and Paul Lindau became acquainted in Munich after 1873 through the artists’ society “Allotria,” whose members included Franz von Lenbach, Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Lorenz Gedon, and Hermann Levi. Lindau, who held Busch in particularly high esteem, sought a closer personal and artistic relationship. A prominent editor, playwright, and theater director, Lindau achieved success in the 1870s with his stage works - most notably Maria und Magdalena - and later reached a wide readership with his “Berlin” novel cycle (1886-88) and travel writings. The present image originates from the same photographic sitting that also produced the circular composition The Three Graces, depicting Lenbach, Busch, and Lindau together.