Erich
Schilling
was born in Germany
in 1885. He studied art and developed a style that one critic has
described as imitated the "bold, ragged lines and strong tonal
contrasts of German medieval woodcuts".
Schilling worked for Kladderadatsch
and Simplicissimus
and although he was critical of the Nazi Party
in the early 1930s, he changed his views after Adolf
Hitler gained power. Whereas
some of Germany's cartoonists such as Thomas
Heine and Walter Trier left the country,
Schilling
became a fervent support of the new regime.
During the Second World War, Schilling portrayed
Winston Churchill as a drunk. Erich
Schilling committed suicide when
the Third Reich collapsed in 1945.
Erich
Schilling, Winston Churchill,
(Simplicissimus, 1st January,
1942)
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