1. Early Hellerkunst
6. June 2020
Here you’ll find Hellerkunst wall figures of the 1930s and 1940s.
I only found out recently that there were very first Hellerkunst designs around 1930s. Those wood pictures did not have...
Hand-painted on 4 mm-plywood, 25 cm. This is earliest Hellerkunst, end of 1920s.
Hand-painted on plywood, 27cm. Thanks for the Email from Dreis! Now I know for sure it's Hellerkunst!! It must be...
Hand-painted on plywood. This is the oldest Little Red Riding Hood by Magda Heller I've known. End of 1920s.
Hand-painted on plywood with additional side painting. (German Wall Figure Antique Toy Wood Picture Nursery Boy)
Hand-painted on plywood with additional fringe painting. This cute angel was also produced as a candle holder. (German Wall Figure...
Hand-painted on plywood. The very first 7 Miles Boots Boy by Magda Helller. (German Wall Figure Antique Wood Toy Vintage...
Hand-painted on plywood. This is the earliest Hellerkunst Goose Girl I've known so far. There is a similar one with...
Hand-painted on plywood. There are two kneeling version by Hellerkunst, the first one was very solemn (enter "page cut" in...
Hand-painted on plywood. This wood picture belongs to Hellerkunst’s Months Series. It shows 12 beautiful motives with children. (Ostermond=April)
Hand-painted on plywood. One of Magda Heller's master pieces. This design shows so many feelings! And look at the trousers:...
Hellerkunst produced several Cradle Children, some of them sitting, most of them lying, some with canopy, some without.
Hand-painted on plywood. This wide wood picture is much more elaborate than the old slim version without the wolf.
Hand-painted on plywood, 31cm. At the beginning, the Hellerkunst wall figures were larger and also had a larger base. (German...
Height: 21 cm. Hand-painted on plywood. Who knows the story that goes with this wall figure? There must be a...
Height: 29 cm. Hand-painted on plywood. Hellerkunst's 1930s star money girls had been very simple designs. Here we have the...
Screen-printed on plywood with additional hand-painting. Height: 21 cm. Very early sreen-print, you can make out a fine net structure....
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. The lines of the flower are so fluent and elegant - that's what I like about this...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 21cm. Beautyful color schmeme.
Hand-painted on plywood, 24cm. This wood picture belongs to the months series by Hellerkunst. Once it belonged to the nursery...
Hand-painted on plywood. One of the most endearing wall figures! These Christmas Children are walking though the snow with warm...
Hand-painted on 4mm-plywood, 26cm. The thorn base is a great idea. Simple and enchanting. Early Magda Heller.
Hand-painted on plywood. Very early Hellerkunst, Art Déco style.
Hand-painted on plywood. A wonderful early Hellerkunst highlight, one of my all time favorites. And look at the colors: I...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 29cm. The most tender Heller wood picture!
Hand-painted on plywood, 25cm. This frog princess is a very young child, you can even see the protruding stomach of...
Hand-painted on plywood. Virtual worlds make us yearn for beautiful haptics like this wood picture. With early wood hanger. (Art...
Hand-painted on plywood, 31cm. This Hellerkunst witch is the most frightening wood picture. (Hansel and Gretel.)
Hand-painted on 4mm-plywood, height 28cm. This wood picture belongs to the months series by Hellerkunst. There is a similar Hellerkunst...
Hand-painted on 4mm-plywood, 24cm. This is the softer and cuter version of the Hellerkunst sunflower mothers.
Hand-painted on plywood. Children love stories. Nothing has changed there. On this beautiful wall figure the dwarf seems to tell...
Hand-painted on plywood. The motive mother with Baby or Madonna was quite popular back then.
Hand-painted on plywood. This is an early version of separate Hellerkunst children in folk art dresses. On the back: "Catelina...
Hand-painted on plywood. This wood picture belongs to the months series by Hellerkunst. (Ernting=August)
Hand-painted on plywood, 20cm. This wood picture belongs to a series of dancing children in tractional clothes. Most of them...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. This wood picture belongs to a Hellerkunst series of German Cildren in traditional clothing, dirndl and everything!
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. This is the more solemn version of the Hellerkunst sunflower mothers.
Hand-painted on plywood. This wood picture belongs to the months series by Hellerkunst. It shows 12 beautiful motives with children....
Hand-painted on plywood. This Wood Picture belongs to Hellerkunst’s Months Series. It shows 12 beautiful motives with children. Here we...
Hand-painted on plywood. I love the tender look of this mother along with the warm yellow of her dress and...
Hand-painted on plywood. This is the early version of Peter and Annelie. Both have short hair.
Hand-painted on plywood, 22cm. The star is made of two hues of yellow. The top color looks like very thin...
Hand-painted on plywood. About the picture: I tried to capture the wonderful haptics of this wall figure. The wood, the...
Hand-painted on plywood. Why is this an enchanting wall figure even though this dwarf isn’t exactly pretty with his almost...
Hand-painted on plywood. Look at the dwarfs on this very early Hellerkunst wall figure: The tender faces and body language...
Hand-painted on plywood. An engaging motive once you've got figured out that the angel is polishing the star. I like...
Hand-painted on plywood. The first Hellerkunst music dwarfs still remind of the Art Deco style. There were four instruments they...
Hand-painted on plywood. I love the simple color scheme and the fine lines of the gentian.
Hand-painted on plywood. There is a typical color scheme for most of the Hellerkunst music dwarfs: A basic color in...
Hand-painted on plywood, both sides. The crystal ball is shining thanks to a few white strokes and different shades of...
Hand-painted on plywood. There is also a version with open eyes and less red nosed. He is obviously smitten and...
Hand-painted on plywood. 21 cm height.
Hand-painted on plywood. The German Titel "Die Krone" is stated in the Hellerkunst catalog, but I don't know a fairy...
Hand-painted on plywood. Magda Heller stands for vintage nursery, but grown ups liked this motive, too.
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 29cm. I like the high hat, you sometimes find them with Hellerkunst.
Hand-painted on plywood, 26cm. This wall figure comes with and without the fox. I like to interpret the fox politically.
The mother's grave is a rare Cinderella scene on Wall Figures. Most of the time Cinderella is depicted with the...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.Most wood pictures show the poor Cinderella. Here we have an exception, Cinderella the soon to be queen!...
Hand-painted on plywood, 26cm. In later years Heller produced a smaller version, without the pillow.
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 14cm. This wood picture belongs to the months series by Hellerkunst. It shows 12 beautiful motives with...
Hand-painted on plywood, 21cm. One of the Hellerkunst fairies, in this case a tiny bee sized fairy. On the back:...
Hand-painted on plywood, 23cm. There is a newer version by Magda Heller's son, Ralf Heller. In that new version there...
Hand-painted on plywood. This wood picture belongs to the famous Evening Prayer by Engelbert Humperdinck with 14 protecting angels. A...
Hand-painted on plywood, 21cm. One of the few Christmas motives by Hellerkunst. ("AM/8 Dezember")
Hand-painted on thick plywood. (Christmas Mary Joseph)
Hand-painted on plywood, 23cm. Many early Hellerkunst figures were very fragile: Only one small leg connects this dance girl with...
Hand-painted on plywood. Late 1940s. My guess is that this is one of the special order items which Hellerkunst did....
Hand-painted on plywood. ("AM/7 September") There are two single handed sailors by Hellerkunst: One with waves, one without. This is...
"BM/1 Mai", 22cm. This wood picture belongs to the months series by Hellerkunst. The yellow wreath is a beautiful contrast...
"Das Wunder" means "the miracle", an apt name for this beautiful wood picture. (B/35 Das Wunder)
Hand-painted on plywood. This could be a special order item for a pediatrician's waiting room. Look at the interesting body...
Hand-painted on plywood. ("BM/2 Juni") This wood picture belongs to the months series by Hellerkunst. It shows 12 beautiful motives...
Hellerkunst produced several Cradle Children, some of them sitting, most of them lying, some with canopy, some without. This one...
Hand-painted on plywood. This is a very special wall figure by Hellerkunst: For one thing, it's his elegance. Balancing on...
Hand-painted on plywood, 27cm. (Rumplestiltskin / Rumple in the TV series Once)
Hand-painted on plywood. Look at the eerie green light! Magda Heller was an expert for this kind of light. Mostly...
Hellerkunst stamped „Hoher Besuch“ on the back, translating to: „High Visitor“. A rat king? Or Nutcracker and Mouse King? But...
Hand-painted on thick plywood. This is a square wood picture by Hellerkunst and on its back someone actually wrote a...
Hand-painted on plywood. The early music dwarfs came in Art Deco style with either Lute, Flute, Fiddle or Double Bass....
Hand-painted on plywood. The tender protectiveness of the dwarf and the cold snow tell a story of their own. An...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and rare. I like the round hat, I have only known of only a few dwarfs with...
Hand-painted on plywood. This wood picture belongs to a Hellerkunst series of dwarfs and bird. The name of the bird...
Hand-painted on plywood. ("Leuchtmännlein") A classic Hellerkunst dwarf, it comes with and without eyes 😃: In this second version the...
Hand-painted on plywood. I would really like to know the title of this wall figure, but it’s not on the...
Hand-painted on plywood. Look at those two, they are communicating, the dwarf telling something or pointing.
Enlarge the photo! My guess is, this wood picture was gnawed at, most likely by a happy mouse!
Hand-painted on plywood. Look at the eyes of the lambs! Magda Heller sometimes used this beautiful light shade of green.
Hand-painted on plywood. A very special work, and great colors.
Hand-painted on plywood, 21cm. I like the Max and Moritz jumping jacks by Hellerkunst, they are so friendly. Especially with...
There are two versions of this wood picture: With base and withoud base. This is the earlier one.
Screen-printed on 4mm-plywood. Height: 23cm. The Little Muck is a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff. This is a wonderful wood...
Hand-painted on plywood. The faces of the angel children, the colors - this is breathtakingly beautiful! Thank you, Magda Heller!...
Hand-painted on plywood, 15cm. What an endearing idea, hand-painted Christmas Card made of wood! I bet those who were lucky...
In this wood picture Magda Hella has given the woman doctor her own face features. Compare the arms and hand,...
Hand-painted on plywood. A very rare motive belonging to a hardly known fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It is...