Illustrator of Children's Books and Popular Magazines
a favorite German early war-time theme : an illustration showing captured Belgian 'franc-tireurs'
Fritz Bergen was born in Dassau Germany, in November 1857. He received training in the arts at the academy of Leipzig and afterwards worked as a portratist in Munich. During the war years, he produced many heroic illustrations for children's books, almanachs and other popular publications.
To Illustrations by Fritz Bergen
right : German infantry attacking across barbed-wire positions