Carl Emil Doepler
Illustration — "Thor oder Thunar", one of Carl Emil Doepler's illustrations to Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden • Illustration — Fronleichnamsprozession Carl Emil Doepler (1824–1905) was a German painter, illustrator and costume designer. He created the costumes for Richard Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1876. These costumes included horned helmets 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.
Also recorded as Carl Emil Dopler the Elder · Carl Emil,The Elder Dopler · Karl Emil, I Döpler · Carl Emil, the elder Dopler
Carl Emil Doepler
Carl Emil Doepler (1824-1905) · Wägner, Wilhelm. 1882. Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden. Otto Spamer, Leipzig Berlin. Page 277. · Public domain
- Born
- 1824 · Warsaw.
- Died
- 1905 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- German Empire
- Occupation
- illustrator · painter · costume designer
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — "Thor oder Thunar", one of Carl Emil Doepler's illustrations to Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden • Illustration — Fronleichnamsprozession Carl Emil Doepler (1824–1905) was a German painter, illustrator and costume designer. He created the costumes for Richard Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1876. These costumes included horned helmets 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.
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Born at Warsaw in 1824, died in Berlin in 1905.
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