The cartoonist from the mountain – Olaf Gulbransson

High above Tegernsee, Olaf Gulbransson created significant works of European drawing. Today, the Olaf Gulbransson Museum—just a few steps from the Bräustüberl—commemorates his fascinating life's work.

The "Old Man from the Mountain," Olaf Gulbransson (1873–1958), was a caricaturist for the legendary "Simplicissimus" magazine and one of the most important portraitists of his time. In 1929, the Norwegian-born artist settled above Tegernsee, where he created his multifaceted work at the Schererhof. After his death, friends, including Theodor Heuss and Ludwig Erhard, honored his life's work with the Olaf Gulbransson Museum, opened in 1965 in Tegernsee's Kurpark—just a few steps from the Bräustüberl. Gulbransson remains an artistic enigma: Norwegian Bavarian or Bavarian Norwegian? One thing is clear, however: his works are among the pinnacles of 20th-century European drawing.

Photo: Eduard Wasow (1890-1942)

Bräustüberö Newspaper 5 (2004)