7. Original Bergischer Engel & Grossmann Reit im Winkl
5. June 2020
The manufacturer Original Bergischer Engel produced from the 1940s to 1960s. Grossmann had also started right after the 2nd World War, but they did produce much longer than Original Bergischer Engel.
Screen-printed on plywood. (Märchen Holz Bild Oberbayern Bayern Manufaktur Wand Figur / German Wall Figure Bavaria Bavarian
Screen-printed on plywood. 18 x 27 cm. Fairy Tale Wood Picture.
Which is the most famous Toy Fair in Germany? Most likely it’s the Nuremberg Toy Fair, taking place once a...
I am really lucky that Mrs Gruner-Witkop's father used to keep a thick ring binder with lots of information about...
All the 1950s products of Original Bergischer Engel were hand-painted. First it were little angels, later on wall figures and...
This is Johanna Witkop around the time she founded "Original Bergischer Engel". She had been only 17 back then. In...
This wall figure was actually produced by Mertens-Kunst. At the end of the 1960s Original Bergischer Engel had been sold...
Screen-printed on plywood. Attributes: Donkey, dog, black cat, rooster.
Screen-printed on plywood. Attributes: Fly Agaric Mushrooms, Toadstool, Pinetree, Bird.
Hand-painted on plywood. One of the early Grossmann dwarfs. Attributes: Meadow Base, Gnome, Mended Clothes, Bavaria, German Wall Figure.
Screen-printed on plywood. Attributes: Apron Dress, Polka Dot Head Scarf, Maid. Fairy Tale Wood Picture.
How do you find information about a manufactory that produced their last Fairy Tale Wood Picture more than 50 years...
Hand-painted on plywood. One of the less known designs by Mrs. Gruner-Witkop. An early and engaging motive.
Hand-painted on plywood. Engel means angel and I used to wonder why there was the Engel in the Original Bergischer...
Hand-painted on plywood, 25cm. Muenchner-Kunst produced those wide wall pictures for a few years. But they also were more fragile,...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and one of my Grossmann favorites. (Grossmann Reit im Winkl)
Hand-painted on plywood. The design comes from Johanna Gruner-Witkop who did all the Original Bergischer Engel design from the 1940s...
The beautiful thing about this list is this: We get to know the christening names of their Fairy Tale Wood...
It was the first Toy Fair in Frankfurt right after the Second World War. This picture is such a treasure:...
Late 1940s! The only black Puss in Boots I have known by this producer. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
The artist herself, Johanna Gruner-Witkop gave it to me for the Online Museum. Hand-painted on wood end of the 1940s....
I have known two versions of this Hans in Luck so far, one with goose and one with pig. Both...
This Wall Figure is one of the very first by Mrs. Gruner-Witkop shortly after the war. The wood that was...
Hand-painted on plywood with much varnish. Grossmann Reit im Winkl started their business with hand-painting, at the beginning with larger...
The stamp on the back tells you about an early Original Bergischer Engel item. Later they used the red-white stickers...
Hand-pained on 3mm-plywood. I like the early Grossmann wood pictures - many of them are wider, and they are hand-painted.
This is a very early wall figure by Original Bergischer Engel. It's hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and with many details. The...
This dwarf looks different from the other ones, it's not the beard, all Grossmann dwarfs have beards. It's the hoodie,...
There is a similar design by this producer showing a Sweep Girl Jumping Jack. She comes with blond locks, too.
This red dress is SO mid-century! It represents the girl fashion of that time beautifully! I also love the friendly...
Another picture of Johanna Gruner-Witkop’s archive: I got the chance to take pictures and wondered about the „double base“.
Hand-painted on plywood.
Hand-painted on plywood. Mother Holle (also called Mother Hulda) is very often depicted with a pillow, but hardly with feathers,...
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...
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
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....
I got this one as a present from the artist herself when I had the honor of visiting Mrs. Gruner-Witkop...
One of the earlier Grossmann wood pictures. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Hand-painted on wood with varnish. Grossmann has existed for almost 50 years. They do not produce any more but they...
One of the barefoot goose girls, very enchanting and close to nature. The whole concept is great here, the color...
I have only seen it in Mrs Gruner-Witkop's archive so far. Mrs Gruner Witkop was the founder and sole design...
From the archive of the artist, Mrs. Gruner-Witkop. I like the haptics, you can feel the good wood and the...
The early Grossmann wall figures are fragile, and I love that! Look at the details! My online museum isn’t really...
Hand-painted on stabilizing plywood. Only in the first years did this manufacturer produce those wide wall figures. Later they became...
I have known three different sweeps by this producer so far. Early screen-print on 3mm quality plywood.
This beautiful Sailor was a gift of its designer, Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, to my husband, who is a single handed sailor....
Hand-painted on 3,5mm-plywood. (Rumplestiltskin)
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop, who had turned 90 in November 2018, told me in February 2019 on the telephone that she remembers...
There are very few slim wall figures by Grossmann, they usually made rather wide dresses, especially in the beginning -...
Mrs. Gruner-Witkop was the sole artist of Original Bergischer Engel. She painted this sample in 1959 but it was never...
Screen-printed on 3,5mm-plywood, 23cm. ("Original Bergischer Engel Solingen-Wald" / White-red sticker)
Hand-painted on plywood. This wall figure by Original Bergischer Engel belonged to a pediatrician's waiting room. Her stamps are on...
I like the early Grossmann dwarfs. They are all hand-painted on 3mm quality plywood! (8/30)
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...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. In the 1950s Grossmann produced many of these dwarfs: They were small and cute, in a one-color-only...
Hand-painted on plywood. In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all,...
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...
Hand-painted on plywood. (Grossmann Reit im Winkl)
In the 1950s Grossmann produced many colorful dwarfs with animals or various accessories. I love them all, the haptics are...
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...
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...
This very Jumping Jack Sweep Girl was given back by me to her designer Mrs. Gruner-Witkop in Solingen-Wald, where it...
Height: 24 cm. Original Bergischer Engel produced very unusual Jumping Jacks. This is one of them.
Screen-printed on plywood, 19cm height.
Hand-painted on plywood, 15cm. It's the only Cinderella I've known by Grossmann Reit im Winkl so far. Grossmann is rather...
I like the golden hair band. Later almost all producers of wood pictures used yellow instead of gold.
Screen-printed on plywood.
Very cute with the lush armor, the huge clover and the striped yellow head scarf. I adore the long stemmed...
Again the very popular fly agaric mushrooms.
Screen-printed on 4mm-plywood, 21cm
It says "Fischmarkt" = Fish Market on this wall figure! Johanna Gruner-Witkop told me that her jumping jacks were the...
Hand-painted and screen-printed on 3mm-plywood, 18cm. Here you can see the developement to cuter versions.
Around 1970 Grossmann changed from hand-painting to the technique of screen-printing, like other manufacturers had done, too.
Screen-printed on plywood. (Grossmann Reit im Winkl).