4004 - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINT of M.J.HUMMEL "SIEGLINDE'S FIRST TREE"
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINT #854 of 5000 of M.I. HUMMEL "SIEGLINDE'S FIRST TREE" issued in 1989.
The original work of art by sister Maria Innocentia (Berta) Hummel (1909-1946).
The art piece is a combination if black and white with a young girl admiring a Christmas Tree. The artist signature is in the lower right and below that is the signature in pencil by Sieglinde Schoen (the model for the painting).
A copy of this print edition is on display both at Convent Siessen and at Sister Hummel's birth house in Massing, West Germany.
Certificate of Authenticity and The Lost Hummel Paintings Story and history all included.
Measures 22 3/4" x 13 1/2" but is framed and matted
Sister Maria Hummel Day is commemorated on May 21 every year by Catholics as well as Non-Catholics. This day honors Sister Hummel, a German Franciscan nun, and painter who came to prominence for her paintings, which formed the basis for the popular Hummel figurines. However, as the Nazi party gained power in the late 1930s, her figurines were viewed as offensive, immoral, and ludicrous. During World War II, when the convents were shut, she could make a living by selling her art. Her artwork is still sold as porcelain figurines across the world, particularly in Germany.
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