OTHERS AFTER 1945
28. January 2019
Here you find among others: Ore Mountains and GDR, Original Bergischer Engel, Grossmann and Munchner Kunst und Handwerk.
Hand-painted on 3,5 mm-plywood.
You have to look twice, but there are actually two pull figures!
I love this Cinderella by Edelholz Freiberg. I have not found this motive being done by any other manufactury. It...
Margarethe Edel was the artist behind Edelholz Freiberg which was named after her and her city. This Cinderella is one...
Hand-painted on wood with varnish and rare. On the back you see the stamp of the first years, later there...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and rather rare.
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
Very pretty and very rare. I love the dove on her hand!
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood rather rare.
This red dress is SO mid-century! It represents the girl fashion of that time beautifully! I also love the friendly...
Good wood, thick layers of paint and thick varnish, too. That reminds of Ravi-Kunst. The Munich Art also invested in...
I like the golden hair band. Later almost all producers of wood pictures used yellow instead of gold.
Hand-painted on wood with varnish, a nice thick color layer. You see this version quite often, it was copied very...
You find the translation below, and yes, there really are these endearing grammar mistakes which I put into the translation...
Around 1970 Grossmann changed from hand-painting to the technique of screen-printing, like other manufacturers had done, too.
This is a very small wood picture. Munchner-Kunst really tested all sizes, this is one of the smallest.
Another picture of Johanna Gruner-Witkop’s archive: I got the chance to take pictures and wondered about the „double base“.
WEHA stands for "Werkstaetten Haupt" founded by Fritz Haupt in 1946. Many of his fairy tale wood pictures were the...
In the very first years (from late 1945) this manufactury produced little angel figures. That's why the word "Engel" =...
A typical Mother Holle motive. The unusual thing about this one is the winter forest pine and that there is...
This producer has a very unique style - how to put it? Colorful and round! Let’s not start with the...
There are other words for this girl: Good Daughter or Golden Mary. I like the the beautiful light colors and...
Frau Holle hat immer ein Kissen, aber selten Federn. Frau Gruner-Witkop, die Künstlerin hinter Original Bergischer Engel, hatte einen ausgeprägten...
How do you paint the snow on the village and on the pillow? Enlarge the picture, then it becomes clear!...
Look at the long face and the round mouth! The artist, Mrs.Gruner-Witkop (90 in November 2018) told me, that some...
This is a rather small wall figure and one of the early ones of this producer. Look at the poor...
So pretty - there is also a yellow version with veil and lace collar.
So beautiful! Rare and in frontal view, enter "frog king" in the search, you'll see that most of them have...
A large and wide hand-painted figure. The soft pink is enhanced by the darker and the white lines. I like...
A rather unusual Frog King, the princess is wearing gloves and her dress reminds a bit of underwear. I like...
An elegant frog king princess! I have known this design with brown dress and with light blue dress!
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. Wonderful haptics, you can feel the paint layers.
On the back there are screen-printing tests. Mrs.Gruner-Witkop attended a course with a paint producer to learn the technique for...
When I visited Mrs.Gruner-Witkop in summer 2017 I had the chance to take pictures of her archive wood plaques. She...
Hand-painted on wood with varnish, wonderful haptics due to thick paint layers and thick wood, 0,5 cm. Rare with luminous...
This is one of the Muncher-Kunst wood pictures with the small heart base. That Munchner-Kunst phase (most likely 1960s) was...
This wall figure is still 0,5 cm thick like all the wall figures by Muenchner Kinder-Wandbilder. But it also shows...
I got this one as a present from the artist herself when I had the honor of visiting Frau Gruner-Witkop...
One of the earlier Grossmann wood pictures. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Hand-painted on wood with varnish, rather rare. Grossmann has existed for almost 50 years. They do not produce any more...
One of the barefoot goose girls, very enchanting and close to nature. The whole concept is great here, the color...
Very rare, I have only seen it in Mrs Gruner Witkop's archive so far. Mrs Gruner Witkop was the founder...
The artist herself gave me this wall figure. Johanna Gruner-Witkop was the founder and owner of Orginal Bergischer Engel and...
In the 1960s Munchner-Kunst entered a phase where they got very detailed and colorful, with a triangle base and „Jaeger&Riederer“...
This is a wall figure of the very first collection of Original Bergischer Engel. Mrs Gruner-Witkop, the producer and only...
Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers having...
In the 1950s Munchner-Kunst entered a short period where they got very detailed and colorful, with a triangle base and...
I like the soft colors. And the spot of red is a nice contrast color here.
An early wood picture by this manufacturer. You can tell by the backside: The typical white label is missing. Before...
I would so much like to know the name of this producer! They did large and some VERY large wood...
Hand-painted on wood with varnish and rare. Very unusual too: Look at the many shadows! Normally, the DDR=GDR wall figures...
From the archive of the artist, Mrs.Gruner-Witkop. I like the haptics, you can feel the good wood and the paint...
I like the color scheme. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Hand-painted on wood with thin varnish, the third an last generation of Munchner-Kunst. The size shrinked a lot compared to...
Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers having...
The WEHA letters are for "Werkstätten Haupt" (Fritz Haupt) from the Ore Mountains. When the GDR took over, the owner...
A very proud version of Puss in Boots. But WHAT is he holding in his hand? Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Late 1940s! The only black Puss in Boots I have known by this producer. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Around 1970 Grossmann changed from hand-painting to the technique of screen-printing, like other manufacturers had done, too.
The early Grossmann wall figures are fragile, and I love that! Look at the details! My online museum isn’t really...
There are several versions of Hansel and Gretel on Gingerbread Base by Munchner-Kunst. I have seen about 5 variations so...
Very rare, the artist herself, Johanna Gruner Witkop gave it to me for the Online Museum. Hand-painted on wood end...
Ok, this is no wood picture highlight, but you can see something here: The thick dots of color on Gretel's...
I took this photo in Solingen-Wald. It belongs to the archive of the artist, Frau Gruner-Witkop. She celebrated her 90th...
Very unusual! It has really got a second layer of plywood. I like the "huge" bell flowers in baby pink...
01I have known two identic versions of this design, the first stamped on the back with "Edelholz Freiberg" and the...
There aren't many wall figures with Christmas themes, but here you've got the gingerbread cookies, typical of German Christmas. On...
I do have the Gretel to go with this Hansel! They are two seperate listings, but once I get to...
My favorite Munchner-Kunst Gretel! The colors are so beautiful! There is a Hansel to go with it, same base, facing...
I have known of two Hansel and Gretel with witch designs by this producer. Both have the black cat, the...
This is "middle aged" Munchner-Kunst. The old Munchner-Kunst had a more elaborated meadow base and no varnish. Enter "1940s Munchner"...
I like this wood picture because it's an original idea of Edelholz Freiberg. In the 1960s and 1970s the GDR...
The original wood hanging was created by Hellerkunst in the 1930s, all blue colors. On this (great) copy we have...
Nine out of ten Hans in Luck’s have the attributes goose or pig. His first possession however was the lump...
I have known two versions of this Hans in Luck so far, one with goose and one with pig. Both...
Here we see Hans in Luck as a child. On a different version by Edelholz Freiberg he is an adult....
I have known two versions of this Hans in Luck so far, one with goose and one with pig. Both...
This is one of the Muncher-Kunst wood pictures with the small heart base. That Munchner-Kunst phase was very popular back...
He might be Kleur en Profiel. I know a similar version with different colors, it is this Hans in Luck...
The back of this motive says "Holland", but the manufacturer's stamp is not readible anymore. I only know of two...
I have known three different sweeps by this producer so far. Early screen-print on 3mm quality plywood.
This is quality work but there is no producer stamp on the back. Hand-painted on wood in an unusual style...
The manufactury Edelholz Freiberg belonged to Margarethe Edel. The GRD government took it from the owner and made it a...
This is typical Jan Snelten, the big head and the carved mouth. The Dutch artist Jan Snelten (1909-1976) had his...
I have known quite a few of these wood pictures with the little green base. I'd really like to know...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and varnish.
Which is the most famous Toy Fair in Germany? Most likely it’s the Nuremberg Toy Fair, taking place once a...
"Rie-Bilder" stands most likely for "Riederer", one of the names behind Munchner-Kunst.
Most likely an original Margarethe Edel design. Clever not to choose the black hat! Now it doesn't look too much...
The producer is not really called "Stationary Store", but their wood pictures were sold there, I found labels or stamps...
You'll always find fairy tale themed adults on wood pictures, but rarely other grown-ups. Here we have one of the...
At first glance I thought this was Hans in Luck. But the label on the back says it's a mean...
Hand-painted on wood and very rare. I have only known of two Wooden Wall Figures depicting balloons, this is one...
This is a copy of the 1930s Hellerkunst Winter Boy. Yes, it's a copy, but a good one. Still so...
You can divide the motives of the children's wood pictures era in "fairy tale/no fairy tale". It's like WALMART with...
☆ This is a cute and funny little school girl with her braids and thick socks and the large bag....
A very unsual shape. Maybe it was sold at the famous Munich Beer Festival taking place each and every October....
In 1952 this producer of fairy tale wood pictures still owned her own company. Later it was added to the...
This beautiful Sailor was a gift of its designer, Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, to my husband, who is a single handed sailor. He...
Cradle wood pictures used to be popular back then. I've also known them by Mertens, Heller and Ravi. I love...
This wooden wall figure got many likes on my Instagram account! It's a precious and rare motive by Edelholz Freiberg.
I like the little-girls-series by Edelholz Freiberg. Margarethe Edel did copies of Mertens and Hellerkunst, but those cute little girls...
Margarethe Edel is the woman behind Edelholz Freiberg. This wall figure has no name on the back, but they style...
One of my Kleur en Profiel favorites. Jan Snelten, the artist, made her look so so happy!
The producer is not really called "Stationary Store", but their wood pictures were sold there, I found labels or stamps...
The producer is not really called "Stationary Store", but their wood pictures were sold there, I found labels or stamps...
Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers having...
One of the cute children wood pictures by Edelholz Freiberg. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
You can divide the motives of the children's wood pictures era in "fairy tale/no fairy tale". It's like WALMART with...
Many wood hangings depict children instead of fairy tales. Those were very popular, too. This little boy is hand-painted on...
The second wall figure with "those big eyes" was most likely designed by Ute Mertens. For a short while the...
I like the colors here, the yellow of the moon and the light blue of Anneli's nightdress.
Yes, there is a rat catcher produced by Original Bergischer Engel. A long time, I thought there was none. Mrs...
Hand-painted on unusually light wood / wood mix. It could be Kurt Süss, the style fits.
My first guess was Seven Miles Boots, but his boots are not accentuated and he has the flute. And is...
Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers having...
Look at the large flower base, that started the shift of Muenchner Kinder-Wandbilder to Muenchner Kunst&Handwerk. The wall figures became...
The German Democratic Republic existed from 1949-1990. It was also called East Germany at that time. They produced a lot...
This Wall Figure is one of the very first by Mrs Gruner-Witkop shortly after the war. The wood that was...
This is the first and cuter version. There is a 1950s one where the girl is looking a bit more...
This producer started right after the 2nd World War. Here you have three signs of post-war wall figures: The smiling...
This might already be a Mertens-Kunst product. Alfred Mertens had bought Original Bergischer Engel at the end of the 1960s.
One of the cutest Wolf Girls! I guess the design is by Margarethe Edel!
The stamp on the back tells you about an early Original Bergischer Engel item. Later they used the red-white stickers...
This is high quality design, with harmonious lines and colors. Look at the back basket’s structure! Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. It's a really small wood picture, as you can see!
Those very small fly agaric mushrooms / toadstools are typical of Edelholz Freiberg. Enter „Edelholz Freiberg“ in the search and...
Hand-painted on 3,5mm-plywood.
- Sandmännchen = Little Sandman (German TV) - Pittiplasch - Schnatterinchen
This wall figure was most likely already produced by Mertens-Kunst who had bought Original Bergischer Engel in the late 1960s.
„Drei Tannen“ means three pine trees, and you will find them stamped on the back of this producer’s wall figures!...
Platsch means splash, so his English name could be Pittisplash. He was a TV character in the then GDR and...
This is a classic sandman, no German TV-Sandman (we have two, a West Germany version and an East Germany version)....
Schnatterinchen was the cute duck of the East-German TV-Sandman series and very popular at her time. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Most fairy tale wood pictures are shown in frontile view, that makes the eyes easier to draw. My guess is...
Someone who grew up in the GDR once told me this: Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, protesting in...
Die früheren Märchen-Holzbilder waren oft sehr breit, auch wegen der üppig ausfallenden Kleider. Das änderte sich mit der Zeit, die...
Wie malt man "schnell mal eben" ein kleines Holzbild mit Schneewittchen und allen sieben Zwergen? Zählen Sie die Kapuzen, dann...
The left one is the original by Mertens-Kunst. The other one (Edelholz Freiberg) was produced in the Ore Mountains, during...
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
There are only few fairy tale motives by Kleur en Profiel. The Dutch artist Jan Snelten (1909-1976) had his very...
This is one of the Muncher-Kunst wood pictures with the small heart base. That Munchner-Kunst phase was very popular back...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and one of my Grossmann favorites.
Diese Figur war damals ein Verkaufs-Schlager. Man sieht das Morgenmantel-Schneewittchen relativ häufig. Ich kenne es nur handgemalt.
Munchner-Kunst very often had the chubby cheeks and the round face, but this is one where they overdid it. Quite...
I used to call this wood picture "choking Snow White", because I thought she had just eaten the poisoned apple....
Frontal view, showing both eyes, is rather rare on fairy tale wood pictures. I think the profile view, showing only...
WEHA stands for "Werkstaetten Haupt" founded by Fritz Haupt in 1946. Many of his fairy tale wood pictures were the...
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers having...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood with varnish.
In the 1950s Munchner-Kunst entered a phase where they got very detailed and colorful, with a triangle base and „Jaeger&Riederer“...
Both are hand-painted on wood with varnish. Both have a nice simple color scheme and are quite rare. Well done,...
This seems to be one of the original designs my Margarethe Edel, I have not seen it by other designers...
WEHA stands for "Werkstaetten Haupt" founded by Fritz Haupt in 1946. Many of his fairy tale wood pictures were the...
There are very few slim wall figures by Grossmann, they usually made rather wide dresses, especially in the beginning -...
Hand-painted on wood with varnish and rather rare, one of the later series's by Munchner-Kunst.
Magda Heller was the first to draw the Star Money Girl like this, many many copied that. I like the...
This is a very early wall figure by Original Bergischer Engel. It's hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and with many details.
This wall figure is a copy of the original version by Mertens-Kunst. My guess is that the heavy copying began...
It's a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. The text says "I killed 7 at one go", not telling that it were...
Very cute with the lush armor, the huge clover and the striped yellow head scarf. Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood.
One of the animal wood pictures that don't belong to a fairy tale. Hand-painted with much varnish on thick wood...
✧ Baron Münchhausen does exist on wooden wall figures, but it's rare. So rare that I have only seen one...
- The Princess and the Pea (Hans Christian Andersen) - The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids KHM 5 -...
A rather unknown Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Hand-painted on plywood.
This wall figure shows the Little Muck in almost toddler age, huge head, sucking his thumb. Very unusual. Hand-painted on...
Early sceen print with added hand-painting. There are only a few designs of Rapunzel as German Wall Figure, this is...
WEHA stands for "Werkstaetten Haupt" founded by Fritz Haupt in 1946. Many of his fairy tale wood pictures were the...
The Swabians is a Brothers Grimm story. 7 Men want to be brave, but they get so much frightened of...
It's no jumping jack and only one layer of wood, but a great idea.
I have never seen Max and Moritz (Bad Boys by Wilhelm Busch) with Bow Shoes before. This wall figure is...
Mrs Gruner-Witkop was the sole artist of Original Bergischer Engel. She painted this sample in 1959 but it was never...
Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers having...
This producer had many Max and Moritz motives, showing Wilhelm Busch's famous bad boys and their pranks. Rather practical jokes,...
This dwarf looks different from the other ones, it's not the beard, all Grossmann dwarfs have beards. It's the hoodie,...
This wall figure belonged to a pediatrician's waiting room. Her stamps are on the back, more than one, just in...
Enter "engel dwarf" in the search. You'll see that most dwarfs by this producer are shown in profile view =...
An unusual and endearing motive, hand-painted on plywood.
I like the early Grossmann dwarfs. They are all hand-painted on 3mm quality plywood! 1950s Grossmann Reit im Winkl ✧...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only outfit (red or...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
Again the very popular fly agaric mushrooms.
A cute little wood picture, maybe it was an Easter present for happy spring children. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only outfit (red or...
This cute wall figure is screen-printed on wood and rather rare. Mrs Gruner-Witkop, the sole designer of this manufactory, had...
This is a touching hand-painted motive: It always makes me think of the many people who fled from Germany during...
Around 1970 Grossmann changed from hand-painting to the technique of screen-printing, like other manufacturers had done, too.
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only outfit (red or...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only outfit (red or...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only outfit (red or...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only outfit (red or...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only outfit (red or...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
For German children, there is a comforting feeling about this wall figure. The warm light und thick coat reminds of...
This is a rare wall figure by Edelholz Freiberg. I have never seen this woodcutter before. The colors are very...
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
My first guess was Kleur en Profiel, but on the back it says "Made in Germany". But who cares about...
This little dwarf was really produced by Mertens-Kunst. At the end of the 1960s Original Bergischer Engel had been sold...
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. Colors of fly agaric mushrooms (white on red) were very popular back then.
An unusual lantern dwarf. If he wasn't holding it in his hands I would have thought of an old fashioned...
Mrs.Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers having...
This dwarf is made of unusually thick wood: 5 layers instead of three, adding up to 0,5cm. the normal thickness...
This wall figure once belonged to a pediatrician's waiting room. Now it has found a new home in the Online...
Hand-painted on wood with light colors.
It says "Fischmarkt" = Fish Market on this wall figure! Johanna Gruner-Witkop told me that her jumping jacks were the...
Grossmann Reit im Winkl produced a series of mini jumping jacks. They are funny and have lots of details and...
The classic colors for this poor guy are red, green and yellow. This design is really reduced to the basics.
Take a close look: The braids are supposed to jump! Johanna Gruner-Witkop told me that her jumping jacks were the...
There is a similar design by this producer showing a Sweep Girl Jumping Jack. She comes with blond locks, too.
Around 1970 Grossmann changed from hand-painting to the technique of screen-printing, like other manufacturers had done, too.
Most jumping jacks do not belong to fairy tales, here we have an exception. This is most certainly the famous...
Ok, this is a really small Santa, but he still has tiny toys looking out of his pockets, one little...
Another special design of the pull figures by Original Bergischer Engel: The horse's head and tail are jumping. Enter "Jumping...
This very Jumping Jack Sweep Girl was given back by me to her designer Mrs.Gruner-Witkop in Solingen-Wald, where it had...
Around 1970 Grossmann changed from hand-painting to the technique of screen-printing, like other manufacturers had done, too.
