4. Late Mertens-Kunst
6. June 2020
Here you’ll find Mertens-Kunst products from the 1950s to 1980s.
Details: Powder Pink Hair Flower Princess Crown Flower Dwarf High Hair (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique...
Details: Child Boy Hairdress Feathers Overalls Moccasins (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Details: Mascot Wide Beard Little Sandman Lantern Pompom Shoes (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork...
Details: Princess Crown Puffy Sleeves Flower Dwarf Long Black Hair Brothers Grimm (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft...
Details: Brothers Grimm No Wolf Cute Pretty Vest with Metal Clasps Tulip Sleeves White Blouse (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale...
Details: Mini Logo on Cuddly Toy Bear T-Shirt Pink Nightshirt Cute Pyjamas Gerdt von Bassewitz (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale...
Details: Harlequin Lace Collar Pompom Hat Stocking Cap Brown Eyes Clown Nose (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft...
Details: Hair Wreath Light Blue Dress Cute Endearing Fly Agaric Mushrooms Brothers Grimm (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture...
This witch looks more creepy than the other Mertens-Kunst witches. Is it her finger gesture, the frilly bonnet or the...
I've known three different little night watch boys by Mertens-Kunst so far. One has the ear muffs and two of...
This wall figure was actually produced by Mertens-Kunst. At the end of the 1960s Original Bergischer Engel had been sold...
Details: Dwarf Gnome Brothers Grimm Rumplestiltskin Rumple Beard Evil (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork...
Details: Shoulder Scissors Brothers Grimm German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Antique Toy Fretwork Decoration Plywood Vintage Nursery Decor...
Details: Frog King Crown Brothers Grimm Decor (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Details: Gnome Polka Dots Bodice Brothers Grimm (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Details: Child Legend Polka Dots Flower Hat Cute (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage...
Details: Tiara Dwarf Brothers Grimm (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery Old)
Details: Violett Brothers Grimm Star Apron White Blond (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage...
Look at his beautifully wide clothes, the bellflower shaped cape, the flared trousers. And a pretty color scheme, too. (German...
With additional side painting. Details: Pink Sister Canopy Bird Heart Cute (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique...
Details: Bird Light Blue Canopy Heart Bow Cute (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage...
Details: Watering Can Sun Hat Bellflower Gardening Dwarf Garden Gnome (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy...
Details: Teddybear Pyjamas Polka Dots Boy Sleepover (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Details: Turquoise Dress Teddybear Hairband Girl Child (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Details: Girl Light Blue Dress Child Seventies Hair. German Wall Figure. (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique...
This wall figure belongs to the seasons series by Mertens-Kunst, with a beautiful color scheme. Details: Springflower Lightblue Dress Blondbraids....
This plant is poisonous, but harmless on a wood picture! (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy...
Attributes: Child, Blond Girl, Pink Nightdress, Vintage (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Attributes: Girl Child Doll Hair Bow (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery Old)
The doll mothers by Mertens-Kunst were very popular and they changed a lot over the 6 decades of their production....
Attributes: Frilly Collar, pointy pompom hat, a Mister Punch clap. (Wall Figure Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Attributes: Lace pants, Bow Collar, Hairflower, Seventies dress. (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage...
Screen-printed on plywood. German Wall Figures: Frog King, Rumpelstilskin and Goose Girl
Mertens-Kunst liked to produce wall figures for advertising. Most of the time Alfred Mertens did not print the name Mertens-Kunst...
That's what Mrs. Gruner-Witkop said in 2018. She drew the left princess. The right princess with "big head" was most...
Screen-printed on plywood. The text on the back translates to the title on top. The toy store was founded in...
Details: Brothers Grimm Brunette Hair Bow German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Antique Toy Fretwork Decoration Plywood Vintage Nursery...
Attributes: Tiara, Polka Dots, Cape with Clasp, Brothers Grimm (Märchen-Holzbild Kinder-Wand-Figur Laubsäge-Arbeit Deutsch Antikes Kinderzimmer Vintage Spielzeug)
Siebdruck auf Schichtholz = Sperrholz. Attributes: Chicks, striped Shirt, head scarf. Fairy Tale Wood Picture.
Details: Brothers Grimm Legend Boy Rat Rats (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy Fretwork Vintage Nursery...
Siebdruck auf Schichtholz = Sperrholz. Attributes: Feather Hat, Tomcat, Cat, Sack, Blue Cape. Fairy Tale Wood Picture.
Screen-printed on plywood. Fairy Tale Wood Picture.
On the back it does say "Original Bergischer Engel" but it's really Mertens-Kunst. I can tell from the kind of...
This Hans has dainty face features and a high collar - very beautiful. And the edges were still hand-painted -...
B72, Alle meine Entchen. In the 1970s Mertens-Kunst perfected screen-printing. Details: Water Duck Child Sea Waves Hairbow Bow (German Wall...
Screen-printed on plywood. Attributes: Broom, Doves, Red-Blue, Seventies Do, Brothers Grimm. Fairy Tale Wood Picture.
The colors red and blue were rather popular in the seventies. Mertens-Kunst had this Hansel and Gretel and a Goose...
This motive was very popular back then. Many German girls grew up with her over their beds. (German Wall Figure...
On the back it says: "Glucksklee Babykost". Mertens-Kunst used to produce quite a few advertisment wall figures. I know of...
Siebdruck auf 3mm-Schichtholz. In the 1970s Mertens-Kunst perfected screen-printing. What helped a lot was Mr.Mertens having bought the manufactory „Original...
This wood picture is not very small, but since I've known a larger 30cm-version I call this soap bubble dwarf...
This har lequin is one of the cutest Mertens pull toys. And they did a lot! A lot a lot!...
A printed motive glued on plywood. I've known several of these comic style jumping jack, I think Alfred Mertens was...
Screen-printed on plywood with additional hand-painting. (German Vintage Nursery Wall Figure Wood Picture Plaque Nursery Decor Girl Old)
Screen-printed on 4 mm-plywood with additional hand-painting. Height: 25cm. There is a second version of this dwarf without the presents.
Who was the designer of this? I know of Brunhild Schlotter in the 1930s, Ute Mertens from the late 1960s...
Screen-printed with additional hand-painting, 19cm. Fairy Tale Wood Plaque.
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood with additional hand-painting. (24cm) rot
Screen-printed with additional hand-painting. "Auch die Heinzelmännchen schlafen in Irisette" is printed on the back. It means, that the gnomes...
Screen-printed on plywood with additional hand-painting. Height: 21 cm. (B 28 Strickliesel)
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood with added handpainting. Very touching with the too big shirt and the patched up dress. And wonderful...
Puss in Boots has always been a popular motive. Mertens-Kunst produced three different white ones. (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood with aditional hand-painting. One of the white Puss in Boots by Mertens and so beautiful: Look at...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood with additional hand-painting.
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood with additional hand-painting, 29cm. A special version with a large base.
This wall figure belongs to a seasons series by Mertens-Kunst. The giant hat reminds me of the huge yellow hat...
There were some years where Mertens-Kunst used a hand stamp without a frame. The stamp told about the product number...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. An endearing idea and a pretty motive.
There were some years where Mertens-Kunst used a hand stamp without a frame. The stamp told about the product number...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 22cm. Very beautiful, reflecting the spirit of the time. Look at the base: Most wood hangings of...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. This wall figure belongs to the seasons series by Mertens-Kunst. It is one of the cutest of...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 22cm. One of the classic Mertens-Kunst highlights! I love the color scheme with the red-white dress, the...
Details: Mother Holle Hulda Lazy Bad Daughter Golden Daughter Ludwig Bechstein Brothers Grimm Long Black Braid Tears (German Wall Figure...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. There ist an almost identical Mertens-Kunst Mother Holle with blue head scarf. I like this very colorful...
After the Second World War, the Mertens Star Money Girls became cuter, the ethereal aspect got lost. Unique identifier: This...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood, 23cm. I have known three different Till Eulenspiegel by Mertens-Kunst so far. This one has those red...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. At first glance it seems to be a blue diamond, shining and making the dwarf so happy,...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 26cm. This dwarf looks rather small compared to the grapes, each of them being almost as big...
Screen-printed with additional hand-painting on 4mm-plywood, 27cm. A high qualitiy version, even the wood is thicker than usually. ("Mertens-Kunst C41...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 24cm. There are two very similar versions of this motive: On one, you see both eyes of...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood with additional hand-painting, 22cm. (Mandolino)
This is a fairy dwarf, must be, if you think how small he must be next to these May Bells....
I love this guy! This wood picture generates so many good feelings: As all German children I went with my...
A rare motive and I have only known it by Mertens-Kunst so far.
There were some years where Mertens-Kunst used a hand stamp without a frame. The stamp told about the product number...
Hand-painted on 3mm-quality-plywood, 21cm. I love this shade of orange! And the whole color scheme here, too. Look at the...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood, 23cm. It might be the Hoerzu-Mecki of the German TV-Magazine. It might also be the story of...
Hand-painted on plywood, 21cm. A friendly motive with beautiful colors.
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. Roses in her hair, roses on her dress seam: This is the Roses Sleeping Beauty. In the...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. One of my favourites, wonderful design with light colors.
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood, 20cm. Copyright 1969, ready to start into Seventies fashion!
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. There is a morning-midday-evening series by Mertens-Kunst, this engaging little girl belongs to it.
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. The German title is: "Weißt du wieviel Sternlein stehen?" Listen to the song on YouTube! This is...
Details: B 34 Lullaby Night Shirt Siblings Light Blue Cute Pretty (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. "Schlaf Kindlein, schlaf" is a German lullaby. Translation: "Sleep my little child, sleep." This wood picture belongs...
Screen-printed with additional hand-painting, 20cm.
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. This wood picture belongs to a Mertens-Kunst series with German Kindergarten songs.
In the 1960s Mertens-Kunst changed to screen-printing, first with additional hand-painting. Especially most of the edges were still colored by...
Details: Boy Cute Light Blue Scarf Walking Stick Hike Hiking (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale Wood Picture Handicraft Antique Toy...
Brother Grimm's Mother Holle. (Mother Hulda / Good Daughter / Bad Daughter / Pitchen Mary) (German Wall Figure Fairy Tale...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. Height: 24 cm. (C24 Pechmarie / The pitchen Mary / La Mairie de poix [sic]). Brothers Grimm's...
Screen-printed with additional hand-painting. A beautiful and rare color scheme for the Seven Ravens by Mertens.
Screen-printed with additional hand-painting. There is also a version of this very design where the girl has red hair and...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood, 23cm. A rather unknown Brothers Grimm's fairy tale. The pillows are supposed to represent her famous stack...
In the 1960s Mertens-Kunst changed to screen-printing, first with additional hand-painting. Especially most of the edges were still colored by...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood, C46. Unique Identifier: There only seems to be one Mertens-Kunst Wall Figure with a dwarf under a...
Siebdruck auf 3mm-Schichtholz, 21cm. One of the early orange wood pictures, so beautiful.
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood, N34, Schlaf Kindlein Schlaf.
Screen-printed on plywood. This is one of the first German Wall Figures I ever saw. That was back in 2014....
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood. In the 1970s Mertens-Kunst perfected screen-printing. What helped a lot was Mr.Mertens having bought the manufactory „Original...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood.
In the 1970s Mertens-Kunst perfected screen-printing. What helped a lot was Mr.Mertens having bought the manufactory „Original Bergischer Engel“. Mr.Mertens...
Screen-printed on 3mm-plywood, B 1146, Zwerg mit Pilz. Toadstools have always been popular guests on fairy tale wood pictures, sometimes...
Screen-printed on plywood. Height: 22 cm. This wall figure shows us how much the times have changed: Compare it to...