# Simplicissimus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HEINE, Thomas Theodor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heine-thomas-theodor-ra224c4a3f0b53c>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Colour lithograph, 87 x 60 cm

## Commentary

Thomas Theodor Heine, one of the most outstanding German poster artists, invented this aggressive red bulldog as a caricature for the Munich magazine &#34;Simplicissimus&#34;. The animal became the trademark of the satirical magazine and adorned one of the first modern posters in Germany as a motif. Heine cleverly adopted the means of representation of the caricature for his advertising graphics and thus made a decisive contribution to the further development of the modern poster.

## Related artworks

- [Poster for Simplicissimus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heine-thomas-theodor-ra224c4a3f0b53c/poster-for-simplicissimus-r55e57ea933ffad>)
- [The Angler](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heine-thomas-theodor-ra224c4a3f0b53c/the-angler-r8aaec7a570a7f9>)
- [The Devil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heine-thomas-theodor-ra224c4a3f0b53c/the-devil-re60e7340cce4f9>)
- [The Freedom of Science](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heine-thomas-theodor-ra224c4a3f0b53c/the-freedom-of-science-r7de5369792cff3>)
- [The solution to the social question](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/heine-thomas-theodor-ra224c4a3f0b53c/the-solution-to-the-social-question-r33744a7a262636>)

## Attribution

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