Illustrators Kingdom of Saxony (1806-1918)
Thomas Theodor Heine was a German-Swedish artist of late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of Jewish origin. He is known as a painter, draftsman, illustrator and writer.
Heine co-founded the popular German satirical weekly Simplicissimus, where he printed his drawings and caricatures. He also collaborated with the magazines Flying Pages and Youth, illustrated books, and created advertising posters and erotic drawings. After the Nazis came to power, the artist fled to Sweden, where he obtained citizenship. His works were presented at a retrospective anniversary exhibition in Stockholm in 1947, a year before Heine's death.
Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch was a German painter of the first half of the 19th century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and printmaker, known for his illustrations of books, as well as his painting The Chess Players.
Moritz Retzsch worked mainly in lithography and was widely popular for his portraits, allegorical and mythological paintings, drawings and engravings. He illustrated the works of German writers and created a new style of publication based on illustrations with text serving as an introduction and commentary to each engraving. His editions always used the Gothic typeface.