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Flat Figures Painters Forum => Figure Identification/Search => Topic started by: snagy on May 07, 2020, 02:35:36 AM

Title: Who can be the painter
Post by: snagy on May 07, 2020, 02:35:36 AM

Good morning everyone!
I have recently bought on eBay the below flats.
The painting - however in majority only one-sided - is outstanding.
The armour is painted on bare metal, the colours are beautiful, with real 3 dimensional effect.
Does anybody know who could be the painter, at least whose style can be identified?
Thank you!
Take care-
Sandor
(http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/gallery/16/2574-070520022929.jpeg)
(http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/gallery/16/2574-070520023006.jpeg)

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: Hannibal on May 07, 2020, 05:20:14 AM

I saw them too, Sandor… was close to buy them myself too!!! (*)


They were (probably) painted by Hanno Schmuck, painter and collector who deceased last year or the year before, and his collection is progressively put on sales on EBay.de by Mathias Heinel (he told me several thousands), for the next years.  For some, he specifies that they come from the collection, for some, no mention, but it could also be by ignoring whether he was the painter.


Actually, interested by the singularity of these paintings, since six months, I am loading these paintings on the forum, for a long time still, probably, in the gallery Hanno Schmuck in the section "In Memoriam".


There are so many, that I asked Mark to open several subsections by period of the History to have some minimal grouping.
I've loaded already some 783 pictures today, several hundreds are under preparation (reformat or resize the image (too small or too large), fade out or erase white spots and fibres on the background, blackout the background, translate description from German to English, specify editor when stated, …. ),
I am loading almost every day, but in parallel, Matthias Heinel is also loading new paintings several times a week, so it is a race between me and him for a good time still !!!! §couple of hundreds of hours still)


(*) still in my file 'ready to load' for these days….

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: snagy on May 07, 2020, 06:51:13 AM

Thank you, Michel for the information.
Take care-
Sandor

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: archigrog on May 07, 2020, 07:51:38 AM

Michael,

i'm following you from the very beginning of your loading work concerning the great Hanno Schmuck collection...Great and important venture!

I stay tuned ....

all the best,

Claudio

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: Hannibal on May 07, 2020, 11:20:11 AM

I'm looking for someone who could send me a picture of Hanno to load at the front of his gallery!

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: oleg on May 07, 2020, 11:40:04 AM

There he is.
Oleg

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: Hannibal on May 08, 2020, 04:05:16 AM

Thanks Oleg ... eventually can put a face on this Monsieur.

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: Christoph on May 08, 2020, 04:28:14 AM

Does anyone of you heard something of the moulds of Hanno Schmuck?
He edited some late medival figures.

Are the moulds on sell as well?
Christoph

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: JerryMort on May 08, 2020, 04:36:39 AM

He did some beautiful medieval figures and a large set of the funeral of Elizabeth I.

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: archigrog on May 08, 2020, 05:23:53 AM

Hello,
is avalable a catalog of Hanno Schmuck Zinnfiguren?

Or Jerry, can you post some other pictures of this interesting flats?

Thanks  ;D

Claudio

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: merlino on May 08, 2020, 09:40:48 AM

Is there a catalog or do you know where to buy Hanno flats?

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: Grimm on May 08, 2020, 10:29:58 AM

As I have understood, Hanno Schmuck is a different person than Hanno Schupp who was the publisher of some medieval figures.

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: Christoph on May 08, 2020, 11:00:33 AM

Ups!
Yes, you may be right with that, Grimm. Both names sound nearly the same.

Christoph

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: JerryMort on May 08, 2020, 11:07:28 AM

Ooops, sorry, quite correct. Hanno Schupp was the editor.

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: FIGUREN-SAMMLER on July 23, 2020, 07:14:17 AM

Hi,the painter was VICTOR EGGEN from Verviers, Belgium.Best regards

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: aba on July 25, 2020, 03:02:21 AM

Dear Sandor,

yes the figures you have shown have been painted by Mr. Eggen from Belgium. I add some of the photos of this auction (legos auction 27.11.2019). The painting quality differs a little. Some are very nicely painted. Some are more detailed on one side only and the other side more simply painted

Title: Re: Who can be the painter
Post by: snagy on October 07, 2021, 12:15:26 PM

Thank you for the information, Alexander!
Br.
Sandor