Joseph Rotter - German artist of the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries.
| Joseph Rotter | |
|---|---|
 "Muslim newsmen." Caricature from the magazine " Molla Nasreddin " (No. 34, 1910) | |
| Genre | cartoon book illustration |
| Study | Munich Academy of Arts |
He studied at the Munich Academy of Arts . For some time he lived in Tiflis , where he painted caricatures in magazines published here. From 1906 to 1914 he worked in the magazine " Molla Nasreddin ", published in the city in the Azerbaijani language . Together with Oscar Schmerling, Rotter drew illustrations and sharp caricatures for feuilletons from the magazine (Prayer, False Scientists, Rural Yasaul Out of Season and in Muharram , Sheikh and Locust). Joseph Rotter drew illustrations to the dastan about Rustam and Sukhrab from the poem “ Shahname ” by Firdousi , as well as to a number of Armenian fairy tales [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Rotter / Ed. J. Kuliev. - Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia : Main edition of the Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia, 1984. - T. VIII . - p . 187 .