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Welcome to the Online Museum of German Wall Figures!
These Vintage German Wall Figures or Fairy Tale Wood Plaques are a cornucopia of beauty and of history.
They are all made of wood. They are all from the 20th century. Many are hand-painted.
With this Online-Museum I want to create something beautiful. So, if you love vintage art, take a close look and enjoy, maybe remember, too.
Mission Statement: The era of German Wall Figures (1930s to 1970s) has almost been forgotten, even in Germany, where 99% of the Fairy Tale Wood Plaques were produced. I am working on preserving the beauty of this era in the World Wide Web.
Christiane Dietz
🇬🇧 Very rare, very enchanting. Hand-painted on wood and a wonderfully done copy, too. I had looked for it for...
🇬🇧 Ravi-Kunst is always hand-painted, but this one is so perfect it seems to have been a special order. His...
🇬🇧 Very rare, the artist herself, Johanna Gruner Witkop gave it to me for the Online Museum. Hand-painted on wood....
🇬🇧 There are only few Fairy Tale motives by Kleur en Profiel. The Dutch artist Jan Snelten had his very...
All Hosenmatz Wall Figures are hand-painted on wood. *
During war years the material got scarce. Many Mertens-Kunst wall figures are missing the lacquering layer. That's why they are...
🇬🇧 In the very first years (from late 1945) this manufactury produced little angel figures. That is why the word...
🇬🇧 This is very old Mertens, hand-painted on wood. It is not too rare though, it seems to have been...
Hellerkunst was founded in 1927 by Magda and Georg Heller. They became famous for their lovely Wooden Fairy Tale Wall...
Ravi-Kunst was a 1950ies to 1960ies manufacturer of Wooden Fairy Tale Wall Figures located in Hamburg, in the north of...
Hobby-Art / at home craft applies to the thousands of boys and girls and sometimes their parents, too, who produced...
The founder of Mertens-Kunst was Alfred Mertens, born in 1898. Later on, his children took over. Alfred Mertens' son led...