Hegenbarth, Josef (1884–1962), German illustrator, known for his highly innovative drawings and interpretations of fairy tales and fables. Hegenbarth's illustrations were influenced by Impressionism and make use of unusual movement and striking colours to form new constellations that comment on the text in highly original ways. He did drawings for the works of many great authors such as Goethe, Tolstoy, Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Swift, and among his best illustrated fairy‐tale books are J. K. A. Musäus, Volksmärchen der Deutschen (Folk Tales of the Germans, 1947–9), Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Die goldene Gans (The Golden Goose, 1951), Giambattista Basile, The Pentameron (1954), Wilhelm Hauff, Die Karawane (The Caravan, 1966), and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Märchen (Fairy Tales, 1969).
— Jack Zipes
