GRAUPNER+HOBBY
28. 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.
There is much paint wear so we can see the pencil lines. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
The average Cinderella wall figure shows her with a dove, but here we’ve got a whole different scene, the famous...
In the 1960s is was a ritual in many families to have the mother read a fairy tale at bedtime....
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...
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...
I have known two different Vobach works of this sibling couple, and their colors are VERY different, this one being...
This is the scene of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale where the little sister provides her litte brother with a...
This wall figure is hand-painted on only one layer of wood, not three as usual. There is a producer stamp...
You don't find this version quite often, with many variation of the colors. I guess the first template didn't come...
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 5363c)
One of the popular little candle angels. Printed on 3mm-plywood with coloring suggestions.
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...
A classic by Graupner, this version was very popular back then. Hand-painted hobby work on 3mm-plywood with varnish. (Graubele)
Unfinished projects - they are beautiful because they highlight how great it is to finish a project which is your...
This is a "garage sale" find! I have never it before and I guess it is mom's little helper rather...
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...
First, Mr.Graupner called his brand "Graubele", later he changed it to his real name, Graupner. (5003/Graubele)
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. (5202 Goose Girl)
I'm not sure about the producer and I wonder about those glued on whiskers. I have only seen it on...
This wooden wall figure seems to scream: „1970s!!!!“ It is a beautiful work, especially for a hobby craft item! The...
I'm sorry I don't know the producer yet. I love this round and harmonious style. Just look at the faces!
A rather creepy witch, especially because she's touching the boy. And look at the cat, it doesn't look friendly, either....
Again a creepy Graupner witch, maybe the creepiest of them all. (5464f)
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)
The one of the most successful Graupner templates! Very colorful, with one difficulty: The eyes of the witch were a...
A frightening witch with frightened children. Look at the children's posture!
In the first 1812 version of the Brothers Grimm it is a duck carrying the siblings over the lake, one...
I know of a similar dirndl motive in an old Graupner catalogue. This might well be Graupner too. The producer...
This is the proof that there were hobby craft fretwork templates with the madonna motive too. The grey spotted areas...
A hobby work item, maybe made from a fretwork template by early Graupner, hand-painted on wood. (Graubele)
German Babyboomer children might have a homely feeling with this figure. We have a tradition of walking in the dark...
A great hobby work, look at all the details! Haenschen Klein is a German Kindergarten Song. (5238 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!)
A difficult fretwork: You had to saw each letter individually. (5207 Graubele)
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 a very deft piece of work. It seems incredible what a difference 70 years...
This seems to be a hobby craft, but I don't know the producer of the template. It is hand-painted on...
I have only seen this one item with this very Mary on it. She's so beautiful. It could be a...
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.
For a Rumpelstiltskin he seems rather friendly, but look at his right hand: The shadow gesture he’s forming is a...
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...
There are only a few Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale wood pictures where you'll see the miller's daughter, too. And only one's...
- Sandmännchen = Little Sandman (German TV) - Pittiplasch - Schnatterinchen
I love this version because they are all so happy! Read the fairy tale again, you can google it easily,...
That is rare, the robbers along with our four Bremen animals! A nice hobby work, hand-painted on template. (Graubele)
Here you see the original fretwork template and one result, a pretty one at that.
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)
This scene of the fairy tale is quite rare among Wooden Wall Pictures. I have only known this figure so...
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. (5300 Graubele)
A very elegant wood picture, he jumps over the village with style, light footed and in those high boots! (5078...
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...
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.
This wall figure always makes me smile, it’s so cheeky. A fine hobby work. Hand-painted on wood with varnish. (5346b...
A good idea, to draw Till Eulenspiegel into a mirror-glass. (Calendar Holder 5094 Graubele)
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 -...
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...
An unusually detailed fairy tale wood picture - take a closer look!
I don't know anything about the producer of this Mecki, too bad, because it is fantastic work! Look at the...
I know of two large ethnical Mecki wall figures, obviusly without political correcness, this is one of them. Hand-painted on...
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!!
Motive printed on 3mm-plywood.
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....
Here you see the 1956 catalogue of Graupner fretwork templates.
The letters were the most hard fretwork part here. Max and Moritz (or Maurice) are the famous bad boys by...
A rare wall figure, and rare is a SMILING fly agaric mushroom, too. You will find another one on Ravi-Kunst...
A very touching motive. Printed wood template with color suggestions.
Hand-painted on wood with many many dots. They are applied so thick, that you can feel them with your fingers,...
Many of the first wall figures had a frame, like this one. The rain drops were painted dark blue, which...
This colorful little series was painted by one person, either in Germany or the USA. There found their way to...
A rather accomplished hobby work with quality colors and varnish. I like the friendly red-green color scheme.
Look at that cep: It really reminds you of the real one! I’m talking a mushroom your parents back then...
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: 1. Dwarf Purzel with Flute...
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. Hand-painted...
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....
Wow, DID I love this book as a child! I borrowed it again and again from the local library in...
An unusual motive that I've only seen by Graupner so far. (Graubele 5289)
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. There 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. There 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...
The producer Dullien had the most colorful fretwork templates of them all. Enter "Dullien" in the search!
Some of the Dullien fretwork templates look a bit grotesque - this is one of them!
The producer Dullien had the most colorful fretwork templates of them all. Enter "Dullien" in the search!
A very early fretwork template by Graubele, later called Graupner. There were two fretwork pieces that had to be put...