Heraldic Artists

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Albrecht Durer, Mateiu Caragiale, Alan Beddoe, Bruno Heim, Hugo Gerhard Strohl, Andrew Stewart Jamieson, Ottfried Neubecker, Alfred Znamierowski, Otto Hupp, Jost Amman, Arvydas Ka dailis, D'Arcy Boulton, Gustaf von Numers, Virgil Solis, Carl-Alexander von Volborth, Anselm Baker, Peter Bander van Duren, Cathy Bursey-Sabourin. Excerpt: Mateiu Ion Caragiale (Romanian pronunciation: also credited as Matei or Matheiu; Matei is an antiquated version; March 25 1885 - January 17, 1936) was a Romanian poet and prose writer, best known for his novel Craii de Curtea-Veche, which portrays the milieu of boyar descendants before and after World War I. Caragiale's style, associated with Symbolism, the Decadent movement of the fin de siecle, and early modernism, was an original element in the Romanian literature of the interwar period. In other late contributions, Caragiale pioneered detective fiction locally, but there is disagreement over whether his work in the field produced a complete narrative or just fragments. The scarcity of writings he left is contrasted by their critical acclaim and a large, mostly posthumous, following, commonly known as mateists. Also known as an amateur heraldist and graphic artist, the young Caragiale published his works sporadically, seeking instead to impose himself in politics and pursuing a career in the civil service. He was associated with the Conservative-Democratic Party, and then the People's League, and ultimately raised controversy by supporting the Central Powers during their occupation of Romania. He afterwards focused on literature, and, during the late 1920s and early 1930s, published most of his prose texts in the magazine Gandirea. The illegitimate and rebellious child of influential playwright Ion Luca Caragiale, he was the half-brother of Luca Caragiale, an avant-garde...