• The vintage Alsatian illustrator Hansi

    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…