A snowy night of Christmas in Alsace
Hansi’s illustration called “Christmas in Alsace”, pearl earrings, Stork pattern of Pottery from Soufflenheim and Hansi’s illustration of Alsatian children.
On the way to Christmas !
Guy Entereiner’s illustration, star brooch by Des petits hauts, Bell ornament by WILHELM SCHWEIZER PEWTER and snow background.
A gourmet Christmas in Alsace
Hansi‘s illustration of an Alsatian little girl and Alsatian Christmas pastries. In the set, there are my favourite Alsatian pastries for Christmas : Cinnamon stars or Zimtsterne (soft cinnamon cakes recovered with icing sugar), Kouglof (Brioche with raisins and almonds, shaped in a special mould with a hole in the middle) , Shortbread linzer (chocolate…
A pretty Alsatian girl getting ready for Christmas
Wilhelm Schweizer Pewter’s Christmas ornaments (shooting stars and Christmas tree), Hansi‘s illustration of the Alsatian city Colmar (1946) and Mosamil‘s illustration of an Alsatian woman in the 19th century. Different version :
A traditional Christmas in Alsace
Oscar de la Renta’s bird earrings, Jean Droit’s illustration of two Alsatian women called “Les vielles provinces de France, L’Alsace” and a Georges Ratkoff depicting the Alsatian city of Colmar. From he 18th century and reached to its peak in the 19th century, the women’s Alsatian costume was composed of a long cotton blouse, a…
The vintage Alsatian illustrator Hansi
Jean Jacques Waltz (1873-1951) alias Hansi was a French, Alsatian illustrator. He illustrated postcards, posters and books depicting Alsace : “L’Histoire d’Alsace racontée aux petits d’enfants” (1912), “Mon village” (1913), “Paradis tricolore” (1918) and “L’Alsace Heureuse” (1918). Complete artist, he made also earthenware, iron forged, signs… Besides, during the first World War, he was a…
