Willy Stöwer (1864 - 1931)

Willy Stöwer

Willy Stöwer was a German artist of the late nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, as well as a book illustrator.

Stöwer became famous for his marine paintings and lithographs. He was particularly popular for his graphic work depicting the sinking of the Titanic, created for Die Gartenlaube magazine. Despite some factual errors, this drawing became iconic and was published many times. During his career, from 1892 to 1929, Stöwer illustrated a total of 57 books, creating more than 1,200 black-and-white and color illustrations, as well as commissions for posters, postcards, and advertisements.