ADAM ADOLF

See also:

• ADAM ADOLF OBERLANDER (1845— )

OBERLANDER (1845— )  , German caricaturist, was born at Ratisbon, but after 1847 lived in Munich . He studied painting at the Munich Academy under Piloty, and soon discovered that the true expression of his genius was in the field of caricature and comic drawings . He joined the staff of the Fliegende Bldtter, to which he became a constant contributor . Unlike Busch, whose aim was the utmost simplicity of line and whose drawings form a running commentary to the legend, Oberlander's work is essentially pictorial, and expressive in itself, without the extraneous aid of the written line . Among his best drawings are his parodies on the style of well-known painters, such as the " Variations on the Kissing Theme." His works have been collected in the Oberldnder-Album, published by Braun and Schneider in Munich .