RAVI-KUNST
28. January 2019
Ravi-Kunst was a 1940ies to 1960ies manufacturer of Wooden Fairy Tale Wall Figures located in Hamburg, in the north of Germany. Besides the Wall Plaques there were also very lovely jumping jack items being produced in what seems to have been not more than two decades. Ravi Kunst came up with motives of their own that you do not find among Hellerkunst or Mertens Kunst items, for example a weather prophet dwarf with a huge toadstool hat.
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. I was told they were sold in the gift shop on the liner between New York and...
Hand-painted on wood with varnish, very endearing. It belongs to the four seasons series by Ravi-Kunst.
Hans Christian Andersen // "The girl with the matchsticks" // Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood with shining varnish.
Rare, hand-painted on wood. The colors fit poor Cinderella, the patched up dress, too.
Again the red brick stones, adding to the vivid color scheme. This wood picture was meant for a children's coat...
This is a beautiful light blue dark blue color scheme, completed with Cinderella's blond hair. Hand-painted on 3mm plywood and...
One of the Cinderella Series with Red Brick Stones. The Stones make a nice contrast in the color scheme. Hand-painted...
Red, yellow and light blue are a pretty color scheme, add the fresh green and you have a spring feeling....
Early Ravi, rare, hand-painted on wood with varnish. Light blue with pink flowers - always a wonderful color scheme! And...
In the 1960s childlike facial features appeared on many fairy tale wood pictures. That meant a bigger head, large eyes...
This is a beautiful Mother Holle, just look at the details: The shadows on the frilly bonnet, the red duvet...
Once again, the red brick stones, adding some color to this Mother Holle design. You also find it in the...
What I like about Ravi-Kunst is that they sometimes show unusual details or scenes of the fairy tales. This is...
This is early Ravi-Kunst - why? Look at the back. You will see the little paper scrap, that is proof...
Hand-painted on wood and rare. Wonderful color scheme with the golden items and the pink-white dress.
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
Sometimes there were child frog king princesses, like here. You'll note the big head. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
This version with the grey dress is early Ravi-Kunst. Later on Ravi's favorite became the radiant red and blue goose...
One of the great success wall figures were the red-blue goose girls. First with, later without base. All of them...
One of the great success wall figures were the red-blue goose girls. First with, later without base. All of them...
There is also a 1960s Ravi-Kunst tomcat! Simply enter "ravi puss" in the search, you will find him walking, with...
Again the larger heads starting from the 1960s (childlike facial features, called Kindchenschema in Germany, and yes, it is a...
Early Ravi-Kunst, hand-painted on wood. Gretel pulling her brother away from danger, an endearing idea.
Look at Gretel's colors: They are bright yet soft. I like that and the fact that Gretel is allowed to...
There is the first Hans in Luck by Ravi-Kunst with a base and a smaller face. Also, from the 1960s...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. He looks like he's carrying a baguette! 😃
I have known this Hans in Luck with green beanie and with red beanie, both have a base. The stick...
Cute and rare. It was supposed to become a part of a children's coat rack. Hand-painted on wood with varnish.
On the back is a label sticker with "Little Red Riding Hood", which is obviously a mistake. Or there was...
Thinking about how fragile a child's soul can be, this motive is speaking of trust and quiet confidence. Holding this...
This wood picture was shipped to the USA in the last century, and in 2019 it came back home. Hamburg...
Wooden wall figures on water are rare, but they do exist. Kleur en Profiel and Mertens-Kunst did one, Hellerkunst even...
At first glance I thought this was Hans in Luck. But the label on the back says it's a mean...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. Normally ravens are shown on wood pictures when depicting the fairy tale "The Seven Ravens".
Theodor Storm wrote the story "Little Haverman" in 1849 for his own child. Later it became famous. It's a fairy...
This seems to be of a Kindergarten series by Ravi. On each of them you see toddlers, not school children....
This seems to be of a Kindergarten series by Ravi. On each of them you see toddlers, not school children....
The big red umbrella makes a nice contrast to the autumn colors and the rain. Hand-painted, like everything by Ravi,...
In Scandinavia people celebrate the Midsummernight. This wall figure is one of four, dedicated to the seasons. It is hand-painted...
This is what I love about this one: It seems to be an original Ravi-Kunst design! Although Ravi always had...
A red base, that's rare. The color scheme's beautiful here, what with the yellow bedspread and the baby blue canopy....
You can divide the motives of the children's wood pictures era in "fairy tale/no fairy tale". It's like WALMART with...
Early Ravi-Kunst, hand-painted on wood with varnish. There are other producers with Little Peter as a wall figure, but only...
Maybe this is supposed to be Anneli, Peter's sister. Early Ravi-Kunst, hand-painted on wood with varnish. There are other producers...
Red clothes are typical of your average rat catcher, but the green hat is quite unique. Typical Ravi-Kunst haptics are...
This is a very unique identifier: I only know of one Little Red Riding Hood in Holland Shoes so far....
Look at the fine lines and the shadows: Both are typical Ravi-Kunst and you will not find them on Mertens-Kunst...
- Sandmännchen = Little Sandman (German TV) - Pittiplasch - Schnatterinchen
✧ Hand-painted on wood with varnish and nice thick colors. Rather rare with his turban and somewhat oriental appearance.
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. The red bricks are typical of Ravi-Kunst!
Hand-painted on wood with varnish. I like the high collar and the sleeves with the touch of orange. Early Ravi-Kunst...
There are two versions of this Snow White, one with light blue tunic and one with light pink tunic. Both...
There are two versions of this Snow White, one with light blue tunic and one with light pink tunic. Both...
I have known 9 different Ravi-Kunst Snow Whites so far. Which each new design came new variations of the dwarfs...
No, this is not the only Ravi-Kunst Snow White! I have seen almost 10 different versions so far. They are...
Polka dot accessories became popular from the 1950s, especially those with fly agaric mushroom colors like this one.
This is rather early Ravi-Kunst. You can see the juggling dwarf on the back. And there is a base, which...
The Seven Raven sister is most often wearing red or orange - see older Hellerkunst or Mertens-Kunst versions. A nice...
Hand-painted on 3mm-quality-plywood. The huge scissors are perfectly painted! Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale, KHM 20.
This wall figure belongs to the „cute animals“ - many manufacturers produced some of those. They never became that popular...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
- The Princess and the Pea (Hans Christian Andersen) - The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids KHM 5 -...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood with varnish.
✧ The classic Struwwelpeter in Ravi-Kunst style. Hand-painted on wood with varnish, rather rare. (Shock Headed Peter Heinrich Hoffmann)
There are a couple of wall figures of the Struwwelpeter himself, but rarely any of the other "heroes" in that...
Very rare, hand-pained on wood. Candles on wall figures are almost always beautiful, but unfortunately rare, too.
Hand-painted on wood with varnish and rare. I am not absolutely sure it is Ravi-Kunst. Here the 4 that make...
Very rare, hand-painted on wood, thick colors with varnish. Great color scheme with red, yellow and three shades of green....
Fly agaric mushrooms are very popular, and this one is breathtaking! The mushroom is smiling and he is 50% of...
There are at least four different Ravi-Kunst dwarfs with the same color scheme: Light blue dwarf, red mushroom. Always works...
Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood. I like the old fashioned brushwood broom!
Colorful bases are rarer than the normal brown ones. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood.
You do not really see it here, but this is a rather large wood picture by Ravi-Kunst. Hand-pained on wood...
Count the eyes! No joke, that really makes a big difference in German Wall Figures. Most are depicted in profile...
Hand-painted on wood with thick paint and a thick layer of varnish. A cute motive and rare, too.
The bunny racer by Ravi-Kunst came in different versions. This one was supposed to be on top of a coat...
I have known 9 different Ravi-Kunst Snow Whites so far. Which each new design came new variations of the dwarfs...
A rather grotesque dwarf, what with his naked head and his naked legs. Very unusual and very rare.
Fairy Tale Wood Pictures having arrived in the new millennium.
I have known 9 different Ravi-Kunst Snow Whites so far. Which each new design came new variations of the dwarfs...
I have known 9 different Ravi-Kunst Snow Whites so far. Which each new design came new variations of the dwarfs...
I have known 9 different Ravi-Kunst Snow Whites so far. Which each new design came new variations of the dwarfs...
I have known 9 different Ravi-Kunst Snow Whites so far. Which each new design came new variations of the dwarfs...
Again, it's the typical Ravi-style with fluent lines and quite a bit of humor. There are lute dwarfs by Heller...
A Smiling Fly Agaric Mushroom is a rare motive on Wooden Wall Figures. Ravi also did a version without mushroom-ears....
Here you have a cornucopia of cuteness details that make you look twice: The small feather hat, the dress with...
Max and Motitz are the bad boys by Wilhelm Busch. Hand-painted on wood, a very sturdy pull figure. I love...
Seven Parts is much for a Ravi-Kunst jumping jack. Normally you've got the body plus arms and legs. I have...
A lucky dwarf with the fly agaric hat and the lucky clover! Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood and rare. (Pilzmaennchen)
This duck is a rather unique design, I have only seen it by Ravi-Kunst so far. Hand-painted on 3mm-plywood with...
All the jumping jacks by Ravi-Kunst had great quality! Each was hand-painted and had solid metal joints. I have not...
This Mister Punch seems to have been quite successfull, Ravi produced it in different color variations. I like this one...
Hand-painted on wood with thick colors and much varnish. The title „Wichtelmaennchen“ means a cute dwarf, but this cute dwarf...
Ravi-Kunst is always hand-painted, but this one is so perfect it seems to have been a special order. His history:...
This Mister Punch seems to have been quite successfull, Ravi produced it in different color variations. I like this one...
Sometimes you'll find little paper slips with numbers and letters on Ravi-Kunst's backsides, and they are really "googleable". Other producers...
It’s double cute: The bunny and the little chick on the apron. Hand-painted on wood with thick paint and varnish.
This wood figure reminds of happy girls in the 1950s and 1960s. The war years were over and the „Miracle...
All the jumping jacks by Ravi-Kunst had great quality! Each was hand-painted and had solid metal joints. I have not...
A definitive Ravi-Kunst highlight! Rare and hand-painted on plywood. Plywood is used for wall figures in order not to get...
