Carl Robert Arthur Thiele was born in Leipzig in 1936. He made a name for himself as a painter, draftsman, watercolorist and illustrator. His father Carl Gotthelf Thiele worked as an instrument maker. The artist was married to Anna Louise Thiele. The family had two children, sons Carl Arthur Walter and Emil Max Fritz.
A more intensive insight into the life and work of provides a look at the family chronicle, which the son Emil Max Fritz wrote in 1969. The Leipzig-born artist produced a variety of artworks of different types, including book illustrations for school primers, children's books and other works, postcards and designs for paper lanterns. All this could not be reproduced in its versatility, as the son explains in the chronicle. Thiele created art that was oriented to the spirit and taste of the times. At the same time, his creative work was primarily aimed at earning a living. Carl Robert Arthur Thiele had to orient himself more commercially than artistically in order to have enough income for himself and his family. Nevertheless, artistic creation was a fulfillment for him. Little is known about his life today.
Typical of his postcard designs were comic scenes and animals depicted in human roles. Most often he depicted humanized cats. A sought-after illustrator, Carl Robert Arthur Thiele produced collectible pictures for the Gebr. Stollwerck chocolate factory in Cologne. As an illustrator, Thiele can justifiably be called the artist of the flyleaf. With his humorous postcards, he became known beyond the country's borders. His works also adorned sheet music. The variety of works ranges from traditional-looking depictions to works that seem very modern and straightforward for the time. Not all of the works have a signature. His signature, which he also changed later, resembled that of the Munich landscape and animal painter Julius Arthur Thiele. Therefore, the Leipzig artist added the abbreviation Lpzg. Politically, Carl Robert Arthur Thiele had a nationalistic attitude. This can be seen in some of his works, for example in the propaganda postcards he made at the time of World War 1. His illustrations are part of the wartime propaganda volume published in 1915 entitled Europas Struwwelpeter. The artist died in Leipzig in 1936. He spent his entire life in his hometown.
Meisterdrucke gathers some of the most famous works of the Leipzig artist. These include the detailed depictions of comic scenes. Dynamism and movement characterize the visual language of the works entitled "Comic Scene in a Billiard Hall" or "Bowling". Social upheavals and technical innovations such as the invention of the radio, which excited many people at the time, are the subject of his comic-like depictions. Most of his works are lithographs. Using the technique of oil on canvas, he devoted himself to historical motifs such as the death of Raphael or the anointing of David.
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