One of Busch 's notable stories is Der Virtuos ( 1865 ) , which describe the life of a pianist who play privately for an excited listener . Satirizing the self @-@ publicizing artist 's attitude and his overblown adoration , it vary from Busch 's other stories as each scene do not contain prose , but is defined with music terminology , such as " Introduzione " , " Maestoso " and " Fortissimo vivacissimo " . As the scenes increase in tempo , each part of his body and lappet run around . The penultimate scene again depict the pianist 's movements , with score sheets floating above the grand piano on which musical notes are dancing . Over the years graphic artists have been fascinated by Der Virtuos . August Macke , in a letter to gallery owner Herwarth Walden , described Busch as the first Futurist , stating how well he captured time and movement . Similar pioneering scenes are in Bilder zur Jobsiade ( 1872 ) . Job fail to answer rather easy questions set by twelve clergy , who shake their heads in synchronicity . Each scene is a movement study that presage Eadweard Muybridge 's photography . Muybridge began his work in 1872 , not released until 1893 .