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GRAUPNER, ÜBERSICHT: Johannes Graupner war ein bedeutender Hersteller von Laubsägevorlagen, die von 1930er- bis zu den 1990er Jahren hergestellt wurden. Er gründete seine Firma, indem er Anfang der 1930er Jahre ein in Cannstatt (Stuttgart) ansässiges Unternehmen übernahm, das Vorlagen für Laubsägearbeiten herstellte. Der neue Betrieb entwickelte sich zu einem Familienunternehmen und brachte wunderschöne Vorlagen hervor – nach und nach unter drei verschiedenen Namen: Cannstatter Laubsäge-Arbeiten, Graupner und Graubele. Der älteste mir bekannte Graupner-Katalog stammt aus den 1930er Jahren. Später erschienen die meisten Vorlagen unter dem Namen „Graubele“. Ab etwa 1959 wurde wieder der Name „Graupner“ verwendet, bis in die 1990er Jahre hinein.

🇬🇧 GRAUPNER, OVERVIEW: Johannes Graupner was a major producer of fretsaw figure templates from the 1930s to the 1990s. He founded his company by taking over a Cannstatt (Stuttgart) business that had been producing fretsaw templates in the early 1930s. The new business developed into a family-run company that produced beautiful templates under three different names over time: Cannstatter Laubsäge-Arbeiten, Graupner, and Graubele. The oldest Graupner catalog I know dates back to the 1930s. Later, most templates were published under the name “Graubele.” From around 1959 onward, the name “Graupner” was used again until the 1990s. (Buch/25) 11. Made in Germany / Kitsch German Design 4/22

DULLIEN: Around the middle of the last century, Dullien produced many different and often highly original fretsaw templates for hobby crafters, in the form of pre-printed wooden boards ready to cut out. Dullien’s specialty was the beautifully colorful sample sheets that came with the templates, usually with a bright yellow background. One example was a cute, happy girl holding a giant ladybug—almost the size of her hand. Another typical Dullien child was the little lemonade cowboy. Dullien’s successor was MK-Hobby (Michael Kramer), who went on to design fretsaw templates for Pebaro (Peter Bausch Ronsdorf).

🇬🇧 DULLIEN: Around the middle of the last century, Dullien produced many different and often highly original fretsaw templates for hobby crafters, in the form of pre-printed wooden boards ready to cut out. Dullien’s specialty was the beautifully colorful sample sheets that came with the templates, usually with a bright yellow background. One example was a cute, happy girl holding a giant ladybug—almost the size of her hand. Another typical Dullien child was the little lemonade cowboy. Dullien’s successor was MK-Hobby (Michael Kramer), who went on to design fretsaw templates for Pebaro (Peter Bausch Ronsdorf). (Buch/25)

HOBBYARBEITEN, QUALITÄTS-UNTERSCHIEDE: Manchmal findet man alte Laubsägefiguren aus dem letzten Jahrhundert, die einfach großartig ausgeführt worden sind. Deren Hersteller hätten im letzten Jahrhundert sicher kein Problem gehabt, bei einer der großen Märchen-Holzbild-Manufakturen eine Anstellung zu finden. Vielen Hobbyarbeiten sieht man die Hobbyarbeit deutlich an, aber auch das hat seinen Charme. Oder es ist sehr anrührend – wie zum Beispiel bei einer Figur mit der Widmung „Für Mama zum Geburtstag 1948.“

🇬🇧 HOBBY CRAFTS, DIFFERENT QUALITIES: In the last century there was the very popular German hobby of making your own fretsaw wood plaques. Templates came from many producers, and some motifs were extremely popular. Some of those hobby items are so beautifully done that the crafter would easily have found a job with one of the professional manufacturers of German Wall Figures. With most homemade figures you can tell a hobby craft is a hobby craft—but still, that can be very charming. Or it can be touching, for example if a child had written “Mommy’s birthday 1948” (translated) on the back. (Buch/25)