BornHerrfurth was born in [[Merseburg]], Herrfurth[[Province of Saxony]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]]. He received his education at the art school in [[Weimar]], where he lived for many years, later then in [[Hamburg]]. He created [[genre painting]]s as well as fairy tale pictures and worked as [[illustrator]]. He illustrated, among other things, the tall tales of [[Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen]], works by [[Karl May]] as well as [[Grimms' Fairy Tales]] and fairy tales by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] and [[Ludwig Bechstein]].
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== Literature ==
* Hans Ries: ''Illustration und Illustratoren des Kinder- und Jugendbuchs im deutschsprachigen Raum 1871–1914.''<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/title/illustration-und-illustratoren-des-kinder-und-jugendbuchs-im-deutschsprachigen-raum-1871-1914-das-bildangebot-der-wilhelminischen-zeit-geschichte-und-aesthetik-der-original-und-drucktechniken-internat-lexikon-der-illustratoren-bibliographie-ihrer-arbeiten/oclc/885339878&referer=brief_results ''Illustration und Illustratoren des Kinder- und Jugendbuchs im deutschsprachigen Raum, 1871-1914 : das Bildangebot der Wilhelminischen Zeit, Geschichte und Aesthetik der Original- und Drucktechniken : internat. Lexikon der Illustratoren, Bibliographie ihrer Arbeiten''] on WorldCat</ref> Osnabrück, im Verlag Wenner 1992. {{ISBN|3-87898-329-8}}.
