| LC control no. | n 83160839 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kley, Heinrich, 1863-1945 |
| Located | Munich (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1863-04-15 |
| Death date | 1945-08-02 |
| Place of birth | Karlsruhe (Germany) |
| Place of death | Munich (Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Illustrator Cartoonist |
| Found in | Bach, J. Skizzen, c1983: t.p. (Heinrich Kley, cartoonist and illustrator) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Kley, Heinrich, 1863-1945) Wikipedia, viewed June 17, 2016 (Heinrich Kley (April 15, 1863 in Karlsruhe -- 1945 in Munich); German illustrator, editorial illustrator and painter; Kley attained greater notoriety with his sometimes darkly humorous pen drawings, published in Jugend and the notorious Simplicissimus. The date of Kley's death is uncertain. Rumors initially suggested his demise in the early 1940s. It is also suggested that Kley died on August 2, 1945. Some sources mention the time of death on February 8, 1952. Cartoonist Joe Grant was well aware of Kley's work and introduced his drawings to Walt Disney, who built an extensive private collectionA number of early Disney productions, notably Fantasia, reveal Kley's inspiration) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Kley> Heinrich-Kley online website, viewed June 17, 2016 (Heinrich Kley 1863-1945; born April 15, 1863, at Karlsruhe, Germany, and there studied art at the Karlsruhe Akademy under Ferdinand Keller for five years beginning in 1880, then continuing under C. Frithjob Smith in Munich; death in 1945 (probable date)) <http://www.heinrich-kley.com/> |
| Associated language | ger |
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