Vintage - Dachshund Family,

Vintage artwork by Arthur Thiele depicts a raucous scene at a Dachshund family's home. Father returns from a successful hunt and displays the rabbit he got. The mother dog throws her paws into the air in celebration while one of the pups jumps up on the father. Meanwhile in the background another puppy is on the dining table sneaking some food, while another has fallen off the table, pulling food on plates onto the floor, and is tangled up in the tablecloth. The family's cat looks on from the safety of the floor. The German artist, Carl Robert Arthur Thiele (1860-1936) commonly went by the name Arthur Thiele. He was an illustrator of books, sheet music and postcards. He was famous for his comical anthropomorphic animals dressed in clothing and depicted in human-like scenes. Dachshunds were a favourite subject of his. In addition to animals, other subjects he illustrated were sports postcards, vegetables brought to life, snowmen, bathing beauties, and WW1 era propaganda postcards. The Internet is full of references confusing Carl Robert Arthur Thiele with another German painter of his time named Julius Arthur Thiele who painted landscapes. They are not the same artist. This card is blank inside for your own message.