The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Fitger, Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm

FITGER, fit'gėr, Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm, German poet and painter: b. Delmenhorst, Oldenburg, 4 Oct. 1840; d. 1909. He was a pupil of Cornelius and Genelti at the Munich Academy; later he studied at Antwerp, Paris and Rome, and in 1869 established his studio in Bremen. As a painter he is known for his large decorative works. He has painted several important friezes and other decorations at Bremen and Hamburg. He wrote several successful dramas: &lsquo;Adalbert of Bremen&rsquo; (1873), with the afterpiece &lsquo;Here Empire! Here Rome!&rsquo; (1875); &lsquo;The Witch&rsquo; (1878); &lsquo;The Roses of Tyburn&rsquo; (1888). Besides these he is the author of a short epic, &lsquo;Roland and the Rose&rsquo; (1871); and two volumes of collected poems, &lsquo;Traveling Folks&rsquo; (1875), and &lsquo;Winter Nights&rsquo; (1881).