Heinrich Egersdörfer b. 1853

Also known as Heiner Egersdorfer, H. E., Heiner Egersdörfer
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Late colonial era German-born painter, illustrator and cartoonist. Worked in Sydney and Melbourne as well as Cape Town, South Africa. He founded 'The South African Illustrated News' at Cape Town in 1884.
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Citations

  • Greenwall, Ryno (1992), 'Artists & Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War’, Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, South Africa.

  • Information sourced from McCulloch.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, vol ii, p 112, (facsimile reprint, 1930).

  • Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

  • Egersdörfer, Heiner (1900), 'The South African Review Book of 50 Famous Cartoons: A Unique Souvenir of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1900’, South Africa.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Related collections
  • Africana Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa (collected in)
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  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Africana Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa (collected in)
  • untitled (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)