As aschoolboyI discoveredin the littlelibraryin the classroom
a very special book.It waswrittenby MeinradLienert
andwasfull of littlestories from theSwisslegends.
a very special book.It waswrittenby MeinradLienert
andwasfull of littlestories from theSwisslegends.
Wilhelm RoeggesIllustrationsstimulatedin methe desire
to be able todrawalso as as he.
That was beforethe actualfantasy literatureconquered the
German language area.Andlightyears before the inventionof the internet ;-) !
In my previousposts, Ihave endeavoredto showmore
In my previousposts, Ihave endeavoredto showmore
aboutWilhelmRoegge.Unfortunately, there isonly
littlebiographicalreportabout him.
His father was a famous academic german painter
and he had the same name.
"WilhelmRoeggethe Younger" was born on 12 June1870
"WilhelmRoeggethe Younger" was born on 12 June1870
inMunichand died1946 inOberaudorf/Inn,Germany.
StudentofLindenschmitd.J.and
Karl Rauppat the Academy ofArts in Munich.
Karl Rauppat the Academy ofArts in Munich.