The German artist
Heinrich Kley made drawings that sometimes coincide with the content of this
site.
He was born in 1863
and died in 1945 in
Munich.
Kley did many conventional works of art, but is best known for humorous or satirical pen drawings and cartoons.
Kley did many conventional works of art, but is best known for humorous or satirical pen drawings and cartoons.
Kley did some art inspired by mythology and fables.
Famous are his drawings with dancing anthropomorphic crocodiles and elephants.
Disney used this as a model for their animations.
Kley also does
erotic art that contains human women and mythological creatures.
After 1933, Kley was
forbidden to work by the Nazis. Because his art was considered dirty and
decadent.
