GRAUPNER+HOBBY
9. January 2019
Hobby-Art / at home craft applies to the thousands of boys and girls and sometimes their parents, too, who produced their Wall Figures using templates. Especially in the 1950ies to the 1970ies were very successful for Graubele / Graupner, the main producer of fretwork templates. Graubele and Graupner are the same producers, they just changed their name around 1960. Another very successful producer was Pebaro.
HERE YOU WILL FIND AMONG OTHERS: Graupner/Graubele, Pebaro, Dullien, Hobby and Vobach.
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1940er Maerchen-Holzbild
The average Cinderella wall figure shows her with a dove, but here we’ve got a whole different scene, the famous...
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild In the 1960s is was a ritual in many families to have...
It's an attractive motive with the surrounding doves. That's what made it difficult fretwork, too! Giving this task to a...
A great hobby work. I am not sure whether the template is by Pebaro or Graupner. Hand-painted on wood with...
The hobby artist was not great painter, but I like the color scheme and the dotted head scarf. And look...
Rare is the wall figure with her mother's grave. This is one of two I have known so far. Enter...
The template got produced in the 1970s. This hobby work however was done by Brigitte Lange for her son Martin...
Eine sehr gelungene Kopie eines der beliebtesten Märchenholzbilder von Mertens-Kunst. Mir gefällt das rote Farb-Schema, sonst gibt es nur die...
(New in 1959) This is the scene of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale where the little sister provides her litte...
(Graubele) You don't find this version quite often, with many variation of the colors. I guess the first template didn't...
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
More often than not Sleeping Beauty is sleeping alone on fairy tale wood pictures. Here we have one of the...
Those tiny angels were very popular in Germany back then. Printed wood template on 3mm-plywood. Fretwork template. Enter the following...
One of the popular little candle angels. Printed on 3mm-plywood with coloring suggestions. (Fretwork Template) Enter the following in the...
This is one of the rare religious motives on Children’s Wood Figures. I love the light and gold details on...
The style and the fine face features all fit early Mertens-Kunst, but the back looks rather like Hobby Craft. I...
(Graubele) ( -- ) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1940er Maerchen-Holzbild
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
Unfinished projects - they are beautiful because they highlight how great it is to finish a project which is your...
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
This design is still influenced by the Art Deco style. It is a beautiful work, look at the details of...
The frog looks as if he's wearing ear muffs or headphones, so this wall figure always makes me smile. It...
Sometimes you'll come across a wall figure knitting. This is the most famous example, worked after a Graupner template, it...
These colors don't follow the original color suggestions by Graupner, but they are sooo much prettier! I imagine a 1970s...
A hobby craft work from an experienced 1960s child. ( -- ) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
Hand-painted on 4mm-plywood. A hobby fretwork art, masterly done. I admire the color shades that the (little) arist chose! The...
This wooden wall figure seems to scream: „1970s!!!!“ It is a beautiful work, especially for a hobby craft item! The...
(5299 New in 1957 Graubele) A rather creepy evil witch, especially because she's touching the boy. And look at the...
Again a creepy Graupner witch, maybe the creepiest of them all. Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
I have only known of one wall figure depicting Hansel's cage, and that is this one. A fine hobby craft...
This witch is wearing glasses and the base has been worked on twice: Outside and inside! (Graubele) Enter the following...
A frightening witch with frightened children. Look at the children's posture! (Fretwork Template) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er...
Hand-painted on plywood. In the first 1812 version of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales collection it't a duck carrying the...
Look at what the goose is doing! Hand-painted on wood with varnish. (Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1930er...
This is the proof that there were hobby craft fretwork templates with the madonna motive too. The grey spotted areas...
Hand-painted on wood. (Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1930er Maerchen-Holzbild
Hand-painted on 5mm-plywood with varnish. This is a figure of the Hartmann's People Series called "Gestalten aus dem Volk." Enter...
German Babyboomer children might have a homely feeling with this figure. We have a tradition of walking in the dark...
Hand-painted on Pebaro template without varnish. (Dullien) (--) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1970er Maerchen-Holzbild
A great hobby craft on 4mm-qualtiy plywood. ( -- / Leather hanger) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1940er Maerchen-Holzbild
A nice hobby craft wood picture on 4mm-plywood. (--) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
A great hobby work, look at all the details! Haenschen Klein is a German Kindergarten Song. (Graubele) ( -- )...
Dullien and Hobby belong together or at least they did from a certain point on. I have known a fretwork...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. (5176 Schuss-Tor! / Graubele / German Fretwork) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
A difficult fretwork: You had to saw each letter individually. (Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1940er Maerchen-Holzbild
This calendar holder is VERY vintage! And you also have the old German Suetterin script in the producer's name! (Graubele)...
A great piece of hobby art. There was a craft template box by Graubele which included the thermometer. Which still...
Hand-painted on wood with varnish and masterly done. It seems incredible what a difference 70 years make - most children...
This seems to be a hobby craft, but I don't know the producer of the template. It is hand-painted on...
She's so beautiful. Unusual are the extremely long hair and the connecting haloes. Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1930er...
This backside was once planned as the front side. The printed grey dots were supposed to be cut out. The...
The first Graupner templates were called "Cannstatter Laubsaege-Arbeiten", later they changed the name to "Graubele" and then to the real...
A black frame, that is unusual. Graupner templates came with a color scheme, but I have not seen it for...
This is a template for a key holder. It might be Cannstatter or even earlier, Graupner bought Cannstatter fretwork only...
He reminds me of the elegance of the early Hellerkunst Rat Catchers. The thorn frame does not really explain itself:...
This is a happy Little Red Riding Hood of the second decade after the war. With the 1950s the „economic...
Many hobby art items have darkened over the decades. It was after all a hobby and many colors were not...
A hobby craft piece of work, very well done, hand-painted on wood. Many of the first fairy tale wood pictures...
Here you see a half finished Pebaro fretwork template and two Little Red Riding Hood results. They are all very...
Hand-painted hobby craft on 3mm-plywood with varnish. Great work, too. (Graubele) (--) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1940er Maerchen-Holzbild
Theses booklet has 9 templates for fairy tale fretwork art. They could be ironed onto the ply wood. In this...
I know she is supposed to be desperate, but her face looks a bit bored and annoyed. Maybe it's the...
1960s Fairy Tale Wood Picture ☆ Rumpelstiltskin with Head Scarf Miller’s Daughter / Graupner (5408f)
There are only a few Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale wood pictures where you'll see the miller's daughter, too. And only this...
Hand-painted by an expert on 4mm-plywood. Look at the snouts and teeth: So cool! Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search:...
That is rare, the robbers along with our four Bremen animals! A nice hobby work, hand-painted on template. (Graubele) Enter...
Here you see the original fretwork template and one result, a pretty one at that. (Graubele) Enter the following in...
These paper scraps used to be the color suggestion by the producer. Sometimes, like here, they were glued on the...
This is so beautiful! Babyboomers will remember the punch bowl period! (Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
Hand-painted on wood, a hobby craft work. This scene of the fairy tale is quite rare among Wooden Wall Pictures....
The most wonderful hobby craft I have ever seen, worked after the Graupner template. So beautiful, one of my all...
A very friendly wall figure with cute dwarfs and a happy Snow White. (Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search:...
A very elegant wood picture, he jumps over the village with style, light footed and in those high boots! (Graubele)...
Check out this beautiful turquoise, combined with gold (crown and belt) and the black of the Ravens: One of the...
Google the story once again and read it. Then look at this wall figure and recognize them: The chair, the...
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
Pebaro is the abbreviation for "Peter Bausch Ronsdorf". Ronsdorf is a part of the larger city Wuppertal. Pebaro was founded...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood with varnish. Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1940er Maerchen-Holzbild
Hand-painted on plywood. Micki is the wife of Mecki, the vintage mascot of German TV Magazine Hoerzu. (--) Enter the...
This wall figure always makes me smile, it’s so cheeky. A fine hobby work. Hand-painted on wood with varnish. (German...
Hand-painted on 0,4mm-plywood. I like the selected color shades. Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
A good idea, to draw Till Eulenspiegel into a mirror-glass. (Calendar Holder / Graubele / Till Eulenspiegel) Enter the following...
The fairy tale "The Wishing Table" provides us with three human basic needs, and in excess, too: 1. always good...
The Brothers Grimm fairy tale is called „The Wishing-Table“ (KHM 36) but it’s got two more famous scenes, one being...
I like this cool bunny! This is one of the fairy tale wood pictures where you can find lots of...
- The Princess and the Pea (Hans Christian Andersen) - The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids KHM 5 -...
Hand-painted hobby craft on 4mm-plywood. Somewhat creepy, but it's a rare motive, so I show it here. (--) Enter the...
There is much paint wear so we can see the pencil lines. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. Enter the following in the...
A nice craft version in subdued colors. The famous scene is depicted where Mother Goose finds her youngest kid hidden...
The colors are unusually bright, even after all this time! And the fragile rake is still intact, too! Someone must...
Snow White and Rose Red is a beautiful Brothers Grimm fairy tale that is hardly found on wall figures. This...
Don't fear the rabbit: That is the message of this fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Most things you fear...
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
1960s Fairy Tale Wood Picture ☆ The Wolf + the 7 Young Goats with Back Basket 20cm / Graupner (5380)
An unusually detailed fairy tale wood picture - take a closer look! (--) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er...
Mecki is the Hedgehog Mascot of vintage and current German TV Magazine Hoerzu. I don't know anything about the producer...
I know of two large ethnical Mecki wall figures, obviusly without political correcness, this is one of them. Hand-painted on...
Thick colors on 6mm-plywood 22cm height. He looks like a pilot at first glance. Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search:...
I know of two large ethnical Mecki wall figures, obviusly without political correcness, this is one of them. Hand-painted on...
Look at the back! This wall figure is so endearing!! (Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
Motive printed on 3mm-plywood. Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
Look at the cool happy frog! (Key Holder) (Graubele) (--) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1970er Maerchen-Holzbild
Dullien and Hobby belong together or at least they did from a certain point on. I have known a fretwork...
Those craft calenders were very popular in the middle of the last century! Daddy got one, sister got one, granny...
Look at the details: Wonderful! The shadows on the clothes, on the meadow, even on the on the paper bags....
The widow's name is Witwe Bolte. When you read her story as an adult, it's really sad. "Boyish pranks" are...
(3rd Trick = The Tailor Boeck / Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
(4th Trick = The Teacher Laempel / Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
(6th Trick = The Baker / Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
(7th = Final Trick The Farmer / Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1960er Maerchen-Holzbild
(Graubele/ 5th Trick = The Uncle Fritz) The practical joke stories by Wilhelm Busch. Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search:...
Rare is a SMILING fly agaric mushroom! (Round Frame Wood Picture Graubele / Toadstool) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search:...
Hobby craft using a Graupner template. (Fly Agaric Mushroom) (--) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
(Fly Agaric Mushroom / Toadstool) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1940er Maerchen-Holzbild
Hand-painted on wood with many many dots. They are applied so thick, that you can feel them with your fingers,...
The template's name is: "Eine harte Nuss." (--) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1970er Maerchen-Holzbild
Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: Maerchen-Holzbild
This colorful little series was painted by one person, either in Germany or the USA. There found their way to...
This is a hobby craft wood picture, maybe worked after a template by Graupner / Graubele that I haven't known...
This is a hobby craft wood picture, maybe worked after a template by Graupner / Graubele that I haven't known...
A rather accomplished hobby work with quality colors and varnish. I like the friendly red-green color scheme. Enter the following...
Look at that cep: It really reminds you of the real one! I’m talking a mushroom your parents back then...
1940s Fairy Tale Wood Picture ☆ Fun Dwarf with Fly Agaric Mushroom and Sheet Music / Graupner (5089)
Again one of the Graupner-series I call "funny dwarfs". There is a differnt one with a Cep. Enter cep in...
A very unusual motive on unusual wood: 6mm-plywood, twice as thick as usual! The metal triangle on the back was...
Dwarf Purzel was a very successfull Graupner series back then. There are 4 different motives (Graubele): 1. Dwarf Purzel with...
Dullien and Hobby belong together or at least they did from a certain point on. I have known a fretwork...
Here we got it all: Red toadstool, dwarf, ladybug, raven, moon with a face and the relaxed night shift. (Graubele)...
The text says: "Merry Chrismas Wishes 1941" (in the middle of the Second World War) and the name seems to...
There is a text on the back which translates to: „Merry Christmas 1941". A funny gift for a war time...
The Fly Agaric bureau equipment makes you look twice here and also the funnily shaped behind of this dwarf. On...
First mentioned 1940, dated on the back of a wall figures with this motive. It is a hobby work, hand-painted...
One of my Graupner favorites. I like the huge strawberry so much! And the woven basket is so beautiful, too....
An unusual motive that I've only seen by Graupner so far. (Graubele) Enter the following in the Ebay.de-search: 1950er Maerchen-Holzbild
I like this basket full of apples. Graupner managed to put this basket with 5+ apples and the dwarf and...
Dwarf Purzel was a very successfull Graupner series back then. Here are 4 different motives: 1. Dwarf Purzel with Flute...
Dwarf Purzel was a very successfull Graupner series back then. There are 4 different motives: 1. Dwarf Purzel with Flute...
Dwarf Purzel was a very successfull Graupner series back then. Here are 4 different motives: 1. Dwarf Purzel with Flute...
Dwarf Purzel was a very successfull Graupner series back then. Here are 4 different motives: 1. Dwarf Purzel with Flute...
The producer Dullien had the most colorful fretwork templates of them all. (Max and Moritz / Wilhelm Busch) Enter the...
Some of the Dullien fretwork templates look a bit grotesque - this is one of them! Enter the following in...
The producer Dullien had the most colorful fretwork templates of them all. Enter "Dullien" in the search! Enter the following...
A very early fretwork template by Graubele, later called Graupner. There were two fretwork pieces that had to be put...