Bruno
Paul was born in Germany in 1874. He studied
Fine Art at Munich and Paris before setting up a studio with his friend,
Rudolf Wilke. He became a regular contributor
to Die Jugend before Albert
Langen recruited Paul to work for Simplicissimus.
In 1906 several staff members, including Paul, Olaf
Gulbransson, Ludwig Thoma, Thomas
Heine, Edward Thony and Rudolf
Wilke persuaded Albert Langen to change
Simplicissimus into a joint
stock company. This gave more power to the staff to control the direction
of the journal.
Paul became Director of the Berlin Museum Art School in 1907. This
reduced the time he could spend producing cartoons although he occasionally
had his work published under a pseudonym. Bruno Paul died in 1968.
Bruno Paul, Self-Portrait (c. 1900)
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