Wilhelm BuschGerman, 1832–1908Auf der Weide
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Albertinum
Dresden, Germany
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 27, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
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Meanwhile, in the life of Wilhelm Busch
The whole life1891
“Eduard's Dream” appears
The prose play, composed of several small episodes rather than one linear storyline, met with mixed reception: the biographer Kraus thought it the peak of Busch's life's work, his nephews called it a masterwork of world literature, and Weissweiler saw in it his attempt to prove himself in the novella genre, with everything that angered or insulted him laid bare.
1895
“The Butterfly” appears
This prose text with autobiographical features parodies the motifs of German Romanticism and ridicules its religious optimism, which contradicted Busch's realistic anthropology shaped by Schopenhauer and Darwin; like “Eduard's Dream” it was unpopular with readers for its unfamiliar style. Peter's enchantment by the witch Lucinde possibly alludes to Johanna Kessler.
1896
Stops painting and sells his rights for 50,000 marks
In 1896 the 64-year-old Busch stopped painting and signed all publication rights over to Bassermann Verlag for 50,000 gold marks; he felt old, needed spectacles for writing and painting, and his hands trembled slightly.
