Arthur Vogel
William Arthur Vogel ( born April 2, 1868 in Black Mountain, † March 4, 1962 ) was a German merchant, photographer and publisher of Erzgebirge song postal and postcards.
Life and work
After attending elementary school in Black Mountain and trade school in Chemnitz Arthur Bird got into the Galanteriewarengeschäft his father Fear God Wilhelm Vogel in the Schwarzenberg Palace Road 4 with a. The company name Wilhelm Vogel, he retained when he took over the business in 1899 itself. In addition to the range of his father, which included bobbin thread and supplies of all kinds, he built with the establishment of an art publishing on another leg. There are many walking tours of the surrounding area he considered the cultural landscape and the natural beauty firmly with his camera. Over the years, emerged as several thousand postcards of his home, which he contributed to the promotion of the resulting tourism in the Erzgebirge. He was a member of the Erzgebirgsvereins.
Bird song postcard series
With printed in his art publisher William bird song postcard Arthur Vogel contributed to the dissemination and popularization of the Erzgebirge folk music. On his initiative, Max Schreyer song Dar Vugelbärbaam with text, notes and colorful illustration was probably 1898/99 printed on the first such Postcard of a publishing series after Bird had been with Anton Günther in Gottesgab to visit and had admired its first song post cards.
The first 20 cards without numbering published between 1899 until 1905. Till the 1950s was followed by further about 50 song cards from different authors. The song originally unnumbered postcards received from around 1905 with little duplication firm and chronological numbering.
The series includes musical works almost all known Erzgebirge folk poets, including a map of Anton Günther, who is considered the founder of the song postcards. His Mei ' Zässichla in bird Mei Zässichl, the second publication was 1899. Hilmar Mückenberger, the Vogtland local poet born in Ore, before he released his song cards themselves in Plauen, to find the first time at Wilhelm Vogel. Other well-known authors are: Curt Rambach, Curt Nestler, Hans Siegert, Bruno Herrmann ( folk poets ), Albert Harmful, Reinhold Fischer, Max Nacke, Christian Friedrich Röder, Gottfried Lattermann, Friedrich Maximilian Bergfeld or Herbert Stoll. As one of the few Erzgebirgsdichter Hans Soph made his postcards not publish or distribute bird.
List of song postcard
The known numbers. Original spelling may differ from other publications. In parenthesis the author. The drawings are mostly obtained by Rudolf Schneider, in the early years but unsigned by Woldemar Müller The numbers 50, 72 and 74 are assigned twice.
- Sängerspruch Röder. ( Christian Friedrich Röder ) color lithograph Johanngeorgenstadt House, Monument and notes, before 1903
- Unner Geberg! ( Christian Friedrich Röder ) before 1910
114 Dr Schwamma March. ( Gottfried Lattermann ) also number 20 415 In Friehgahr. (B. Herrmann) before 1905 poem by ... Edit by Frühlingszauber comp. by M. von Weinzierl, with Bewiligung the publisher CFW Siegel, Leipzig 415 Pfingst'n in Gebärg. (Bernhard Brückner ) before 1905 poem by ... without notes; same picture as in Friehgahr
- Mei Black Barg! ( Curt Rambach ) color lithograph photo with view of Black Mountain, 1754
- Mei Beierfald. (H. Marschner ) solid color with photo, No 2484
- Salvation, Radiumbad Oberschlema! (Hans Siegert ) monochrome, publisher Georg Erhardt, radium - Oberschlema; Real rotogravure printing; with note W.V.i.S. in the stamp area as well as No. 3950
- ' s Bimmelbahnel ( Max Nacke ) with notation W.V.i.S. in the stamp area as well as No. 4665
- De Spatzn. ( Kurt Prague ) with publishing notice published by the author Kurt Prager, Zwoenitz and note WVIS in the stamp area as well as No. 4663
Other post card series
Furthermore, were in bird publishing postcards with historical accounts, eg produced in the series The Saxon Prince robbery or cultural images of the upper Ore Mountains, as well as artist's postcards of the Ore Mountains and distributed.