Motif postcards, around 1900 - 1914
Robert Schumann and the muses
Historic picture postcard after a painting by C. Schweninger
Publisher: J. Plichta, Praha I.-321. Salon J.P.P. 2092, around 1900
(S. Giesbrecht, Osnabrück)
“Es grünet ein Nussbaum” [“There stands a green nut tree”]
Historic picture postcard after an original by Gustav Feith on the song title: “Esgrünetein Nussbaum” (text by J. Mosen), from the “Myrthen” [“Myrtles”] Op. 25 (1840) by Robert Schumann (1810-1856). Underneath in the middle of the picture is a portrait of Robert Schumann in the style of the portrait of 1850 that had become famous through many prints.
Publisher: VerlagDeutscherSchulverein,Card No. 850, around 1900
(S. Giesbrecht, Osnabrück)
Cf. http://www.bildpostkarten.uni-osnabrueck.de
"Träumerei" [“Dreaming”]
Historic postcard inscribed“Träumerei”, a piano piece from “Kinderszenen” [“Scenes from Childhood”] Op. 15 by Robert Schumann, who is standing next to his wife Clara Schumann by the piano.
Publisher/Editor/Series: B.K.W.I. Wiener KünstlerPostkarteSerie 999.5, before 1914
(S. Giesbrecht, Osnabrück)
Cf. http://www.bildpostkarten.uni-osnabrueck.de
Robert Schumann in profile, multi-coloured postcard after a silhouette, around 1900.Inscription on the rear: B. K. W. I. 425-6
Robert Schumann at the piano. Artist’s postcard after a canvas by the Viennese painter Otto Nowak who created a series of artists’ paintings with, inter alia, a whole series of Franz Schubert in the most different ambiances. Signed bottom left of the picture, in the middle of the lower part of the picture: Robert Schumann
(I.B., translated by Thomas Henninger)