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Carl Emil Doepler (1824–1905) was a German painter, illustrator and costume designer.Simek (2007:62). He created the costumes for
Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
's opera ''
Der Ring des Nibelungen (''The Ring of the Nibelung''), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse legendary sagas and the '' Nibe ...
'' at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1876. These costumes included
horned helmet Horned helmets were worn by many people around the world. Headpieces mounted with animal horns or replicas were also worn from ancient times, as in the Mesolithic Star Carr. These were probably used for religious ceremonial or ritual purposes, ...
s, and are widely credited with starting the popular myth that Viking warriors wore horned helmets, even though there is no direct archaeological evidence to support this. His son,
Emil Doepler Emil Doepler (29 October 1855, Munich - 21 December 1922, Berlin) was a German illustrator, graphic artist, and heraldist. He is usually referred to as The Younger, to distinguish him from his father. Life and work He was born to Carl Emil Do ...
, was also an artist.


See also

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List of German painters This is a list of German painters. A > second column was into info box --> * Hans von Aachen (1552–1615) * Aatifi (born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910) * Oswald Achenbach (182 ...


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References

* Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology''. D.S. Brewer


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Illustrations for Nordisch-Germanische Götter und Helden by Wilhelm Wägner and Jakob Nover, 1882.
__NOTOC__ 1824 births 1905 deaths 19th-century German painters German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German costume designers German illustrators 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub