Wolfgang Wagner
(Fürth 1884 - 1931 Munich)
was a Munich academically trained illustrator, caricaturist and printmaker, who had studied under Angelo Jank. Wagners work was mostly distributed in the popular magazines (weekly's) like the very popular "Fliegende Blätter". He is mentioned to have won a gold medal in the 1913 "Internationale Kunstausstellung" for his painting titled "Arbeiter".
I accidentally stumbled over his tiger print, Googling, which lead to this small article.
It reminded me of Walter Arnold's (1909-1979) caged panther. Walter Arnold after WW-II served as professor in Leipzig "Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst". The image is often used in relation to Rilke's famous poem.
which lead me to this panther (1945) by hardly known artist Jupp (Peter Josef) Breuer (1908-1991), trained in Dresden and Berlin and Weimar "Bauhaus" school and after WW-II worked als graphic artist in Cologne.
Besides some examples of Wagners' colour lithographic, mostly humorous attributions, I could find only Wagners "feeding the pigeons" woodblock print.
Please send other known examples of his printmaking for sharing.
All pictures borrowed freely from the Internet for friendly, educational and non commercial use only.
I’m enjoying reading through your interesting words here...i especially like the prints you’ve posted here. Thank you!
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