Heinrich Schlitt was a German painter and illustrator, known for his fantasy motifs that feature gnomes, dwarves, and faeries. He was one of the in-house artists at the Villeroy & Boch ceramic company in Mettlach, Saarland, and his designs for their beer steins remain popular with collectors to this day.
"The Old Poacher" from Die Gartenlaube, 1887
"Madame Pompadour and Marquis Posa at the masquerade ball" from Die Gartenlaube, 1890
"Madame Pompadour and Marquis Posa the next morning" from Die Gartenlaube, 1890
Vault painting
A gnome is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and widely adopted by authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Typically small humanoids who live underground, gnome characteristics are reinterpreted to suit various storytellers and artists.
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Gnome Watching Railway Train, Carl Spitzweg, 1848
Historic garden gnomes on display at the Gnome Reserve in Devon, UK. The ornament on the left of the image was produced by Eckardt and Mentz in the late nineteenth-century,
Gnome garden at the Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland