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Flat Figures Painters Forum => Gallery => Topic started by: mike on February 23, 2014, 11:08:57 AM
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Heres a few early Franks.
The Cloth of Gold figures are poor castings of what must have been beautiful engravings
The bridge of Arcole is another small scale figure group. As you can see the style is very simplistic with very little detail of folds in cloth as one expects on later Franks. The early figures (certainly before the early 1900's) had a tendency of being very slim in appearance. This was probably because the designers drawings at that time depicted toy soldiers in this way.
The last group shows the three monarchs at Leipzig. It is clear to see how the the design has moved from being out of proportion to a more recognisable scale.
Mike
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Heinrichsens again. I believe they are all engraved by Frank, but I stand to be corrected. More eye candy, even though fully clothed! Quick snaps with the iPhone but you get the idea.
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These are very nice little groups. I have not seen them before and I will certainly look out for them in the future. Keep them coming Charles. This was the whole point of this thread to show figures that are not shown in catalogues. Please if anyone has any Heinrichsens by L. Frank please post them.
Mike
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The french artillery piece....it's the cleverest piece of military modelling I've seen in any format, just breathtaking.
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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!
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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 (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 8)
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I don't think its by L Frank though Mark!
Mike
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No ... and I don´t think it´s even a Heinrichsen piece.
Jan
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Sorry.... :( I was reacting to the groups comment. Agree on both points.
mark 8)
P.S. Heinrichsen collectors are so strict.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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Well done Brian. Thats a good site for all engravers. I must translate it and have a read.
Mike
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The best book about Frank, issued by the Plassenburg Museum
All you wanted to know about him, but in german
Eric
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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
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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.
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Personally Ive found this post very interesting, it's opened my eyes to the history of some of the miniatures sat on my shelf