Biography hans henning from leipzig germany
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Biography hans henning from leipzig germany
Alastair (artist)
Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt (20 October 1887 – 30 October 1969), best known by his nickname Alastair, was a German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator.[1]
Biography
Hans Henning Baron von Voight was born of German nobility in Karlsruhe.[2]: 5 In his youth he joined a circus and learned mime.[2] Shortly after leaving school he studied philosophy at Marburg University where he met the writer Boris Pasternak.[2] He was self-taught as an artist, and he was also a proficient dancer and pianist.[3]
He died in Munich in 1969.
Art
He is best known as an illustrator, under the pen name "Alastair". His career as an artist was begun in 1914, when John Lane published Forty-Three Drawings by Alastair.[3]
His drawings, which are often decadent in spirit and have the look of Art Nouveau, are influenced somewhat by the drawings of the Englis