Help us get to over 8,748 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Difference between revisions of "Carl Willmann"

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 14: Line 14:
 
[[Carl Willmann]] (also spelled Karl) (1849 - 1934) was a very well known German manufacturer of magical apparatus and writer in Hamburg.
 
[[Carl Willmann]] (also spelled Karl) (1849 - 1934) was a very well known German manufacturer of magical apparatus and writer in Hamburg.
  
He established his mechanical workshop for making magical apparatus, automatons, and illusions in 1872.
+
He established his mechanical workshop for making magical apparatus, automatons, and illusions in [[1872]].
  
 
In 1895 he established the first German-language monthly magic periodical [[Die Zauberwelt]]. His son [[John Willmann]] soon joined him in the business.
 
In 1895 he established the first German-language monthly magic periodical [[Die Zauberwelt]]. His son [[John Willmann]] soon joined him in the business.

Revision as of 17:38, 4 May 2011

Carl Willmann
BornMay 4 1849
DiedFebruary 16 1934 (age 84)
NationalityGerman
Carl Willmann (also spelled Karl) (1849 - 1934) was a very well known German manufacturer of magical apparatus and writer in Hamburg.

He established his mechanical workshop for making magical apparatus, automatons, and illusions in 1872.

In 1895 he established the first German-language monthly magic periodical Die Zauberwelt. His son John Willmann soon joined him in the business.

Theo Bamberg was his agent in the United States for selling his goods. With Theo, he invented the Fall-apart Box (around 1908).

He retired from the business in 1914, turning it over to his son John. It was eventually taken over by Janos Bartl (with John as a partner).

The families long connection with magic continued with Walter Willman (in Chicago).

Books

  • Moderne Wunder (1886)
  • Moderne Salon-Magie (1891)
  • Der Gedachtniskunstler als Hellseher (1891)
  • Illustrierte magische Bihliothek (6 vols) (1900)
  • Telepatische Unternchtsbriefe (cl920)
  • Das Programmeines modemen Zauherkilnstlers (c1920)

References