Heinrichsens by Ludwig Frank

[peter michael prow]

Personally Ive found this post very interesting, it's opened my eyes to the history of some of the miniatures sat on my shelf

[Roger]

As Charles says. There seems to be little interest on this topic! 

I'm unable to add anything myself but did find it interesting, thanks for the posts.

[mike]

Hi Eric I hope you had a good trip.
The book on Ludwig Frank has some very nice pictures in it. The down side is my German is not that good. It is interesting as a collector to know who created the figures and to what standard.
The aim of this thread was to show figures engraved by Frank for a particular editor. The first one being Heinrichsen.
I know he engraved hundreds for the company but how often are they shown or identified. I will leave this thread now for others to contribute. Maybe the next one should be Kieler (one of my favourite editors).
Keep them coming.
Mike

[errant49]

The best book about Frank, issued by the Plassenburg Museum
All you wanted to know about him, but in german
Eric

[mike]

Well done Brian. Thats a good site for all engravers. I must translate it and have a read.
Mike

[Brian]

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 Johann Ludwig Frank ( born August 24, 1870 in Nuremberg, † October 4, 1957 in Nuremberg


 

 1870               Johann Ludwig Frank is on 24 August was born in 1870 in Nuremberg, and "a few weeks

    old "to the foster parents  John and  Magdalene Weyh delivered, the parents place for him

    take over.

 

 1879 From the 9th Age of painting and drawing lessons from  Friedrich Trost Elder.

 

 1885 From 1st May 1885 to August 1888 as a teaching Zinnfigurengraveur at  Christian Albrecht   

     Alexander Wilhelm Staedtler .

 

 1888 He receives the Wittelsbach Award for extraordinary achievements.

 

 1889 Journeyman at  Christoph Ammon , then travels to 1893 to Dresden, Berlin and  Carl   

     Scheller in Kassel. He is reported in Nuremberg in the Jewish quarter 34 as an engraver.

 

 1893 He works for  Ernst Heinrichsen .

 

 1896 He married on 29 November 1869 in Sündersbühl (later district of Nuremberg), the  Marie

    Babetta Sixt .

 

 1898 He announces the job at  Ernst Heinrichsen and engraved from 1 February 1898 to 31 January 1899   

    for the company  J. Haffner's Nachf. .

 

 1899 From February until October 1899 he engraved forms for 4.5 cm high, semi-plastic figures for

    War of 1870 for an exhibition in Berlin. As of 26 November 1899 he works as a

    independent engraver in metal and slate and engraved to October 1924 almost all forms

    for  Ernst Heinrichsen .

 

 1902 He lives in St. John's Road 30a in the vicinity of the company  Ernst Heinrichsen .

 

 1924 He now engraved for the company  Georg Spenkuch .   

 

 1957               Johann Ludwig Frank died on 4 October 1957 at his home in Nuremberg,

    Mrs. Wood Street 16, of old age.

If you wish to read more about this great engraver it's all here

  http://www.zinnfiguren-bleifiguren.com/Graveure/frank_ludwig_seite_1.htm#Frank_Ludwig_Seite_1

[mike]

As Charles says. There seems to be little interest on this topic!  Here is my last post of part of the set Romans in camp. Engraved by Frank.


The design of some of the figures is a bit wooden (the horses front legs)  but the engraving is as expected by Frank, superb.
It was soon after this time that Frank left the employment of Heinrichsen and became a freelance engraver.
It can be difficult to identify his work with Heinrichsen because his name was never shown on the footplate. As a freelancer his name appeared on thousand of figures for all editors.


Mike

[Charles]

My last post on this flagging topic, this is my only other Heinrichsen group. Apparently this is a scene from Thermopylae but pretty inaccurate Persians and Spartans if you ask me, but it only meant to be a toy. Engraved 1905. Is it by Frank? I don't know.

[Charles]

Mark
This one is similar, definitely a Frank but a Kieler figure, not Heinrichsen. I prefer the one you showed, anybody know who it is by?

[mike]

Heres another Hienrichsen group by Frank. You can see how his style changed towards the end of his employment with Heinrichsen.
Incidentally the figures of the attacking Prussians shown by Charles were engraved around 1903 as Franco Prussian war. The same group also appear as german infantry of WW1! A lick of paint and no child is the wiser.
Mike

[marko]

Sorry....    I was reacting to the groups comment.  Agree on both points.


mark 


P.S. Heinrichsen collectors are so strict.

[Kulmbach]

No ... and I don´t  think it´s even a Heinrichsen piece.


Jan

[mike]

I don't think its by L Frank though Mark!
Mike

[marko]

Yes, the French artillery one in particular is special.  We haven't seen too many engraved groups beyond Eric's specially created little wonders.


This is another one from Bistulfi's wonderful site that struck me as an interesting group figure.  (Not by Ludwig Frank I will note...)


http://www.zinnfiguren-bistulfi.com/images/PRUSSIA-artigl_1000.jpg


Which is from Zinnfiguren aus Königs Wusterhausen and not Heinrichesen I should also note as well...

mark 

[Charles]

Yes, it is a beauty. I have some more Heinrichsen groups if I can find them, will posit in the next day or so. I have never got round to painting one though!