... Vintage view of a adorable Alsatian girlđ... representing popular traditions and daily life in the Alsatian villages in the 19thC... Hansi loved children and his work shows it well... he depicted Alsace with both affection and humor... famous for his watercolors and caricatures, commercials and signs, engravings and paintings... a "the tender and rebellious artist" in the history of the 20th C... he is a hero in Alsace, where his books and drawings are widely reproduced.... with special postmark from the MusĂ©e de La Posteđ... Thanks a lot Gilles!!【ă】
Jean-Jacques Waltz, alias Hansi, (1873-1951), was one of the most famous Alsatian artists and caricaturists and a symbol of Alsatian resistance to German occupation during both WWI and WWII.
He was imprisoned several times, including in Leipzig in 1914, from where he escaped back to France to join the military during World War I. In 1941, the Gestapo nearly assassinated him, but he fled to Switzerland. He never recovered from his injuries and died in Colmar in 1951.
ⒸSARL HANSI
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