833 ~ Gnome with Lamp and Horn
A gnome dressed in a long blue trench coat, red cap, and brown boots. He has a gold signal horn hanging from his neck and holds a lantern in his right hand. He leans on a pike held in his left hand. He has grey hair and a chin curtain beard.
Shop: Hosenmatz
Circa: 1920s, 1930s
Board: n/a
Other: n/a
This is a photograph of a work in my own collection of original German folk art from the 1920s and 1930s. Each piece is a depiction from German folk tales. They are fret work, sawn using templates on a jigsaw from wood wafers, thin plywood, or mat board. They are then hand painted.
Such works are known as Hellerkunst or Mertens Kunst, etc.,
based on the shop in which they were created.
Shop: Unknown
Circa: 1920s, 1930s
Board: n/a
Other: n/a
This is a photograph of a work in my own collection of original German folk art from the 1920s and 1930s. Each piece is a depiction from German folk tales. They are fret work, sawn using templates on a jigsaw from wood wafers, thin plywood, or mat board. They are then hand painted.
Such works are known as Hellerkunst or Mertens Kunst, etc.,
based on the shop in which they were created.
Shop: Heller, George Heller, Magda Heller
Circa: 1920s, 1930s
Board: Missing hand.
Other: n/a
This is a photograph of a work in my own collection of original German folk art from the 1920s and 1930s. Each piece is a depiction from German folk tales. They are fret work, sawn using templates on a jigsaw from wood wafers, thin plywood, or mat board. They are then hand painted.
Such works are known as Hellerkunst or Mertens Kunst, etc.,
based on the shop in which they were created.
Shop: OPR, unknown
Circa: 1920s, 1930s
Board: n/a
Other: n/a
This is a photograph of a work in my own collection of original German folk art from the 1920s and 1930s. Each piece is a depiction from German folk tales. They are fret work, sawn using templates on a jigsaw from wood wafers, thin plywood, or mat board. They are then hand painted.
Such works are known as Hellerkunst or Mertens Kunst, etc.,
based on the shop in which they were created.
Heller Kunst Skye USA 