Vintage German - Easter Egg Treat, Holiday Card

A vintage illustration by Arthur Thiele features two gentleman rabbits in suits, sitting at a dining room table, their utensils raised as they eagerly await their meal. A hen in an apron promptly scurries towards them carrying a tray of brightly coloured Easter eggs. The words "Happy Easter" are written in German on the front of the card, as the artist is German. 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.