Collecting old postcards is pretty fun, especially when finding a colorfully complete series set of early 1900's postcards (made in Germany) that tell a sweet little love story / poem like this. All of these gorgeously vibrant cards were originally mailed in October of 1908 to Miss Louise Yann (Yamm?) who resided in CITY. Well, that tells us a lot, I guess. I do hope she got them all! Surrounded by lush greenery, blooming flowers, and an erupting fountain in the background under a very bright blue sky, --not to mention the wonderful example of the Victorian / Edwardian fashion from the era-- our happy couple couldn't have asked for a more magical setting.
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You've published a couple of these before, but this type of collage artwork is always kind of spooky to me. It's like the man and woman are ghosts constantly recreating the moments before they were killed by a rare pack of rabid whistle pigs.
I'm trying to figure out if they drew a new background each time or if we are just seeing cropped, moved, and resized from some larger work.
I love the dress with all the pom-pom buttons, but that suit is not a flattering fit on the guy. Lady could do much better!
The backgrounds definitely appear to be illustrated, for example that rounded bush at the square-off hedge corner back there can't decide where exactly it wants to be planted! I'm guessing the man and woman (and park bench) are the only actual real physical objects in all 6 postcard images. Similar to those pull-down photo studio faux backdrops, only these were likely painted right onto the photo.
These always remind me of Terry Gilliam's Monty Python animations. I suspect most of this is cobbled together from photos, they've just been cut from different elements and collaged together. Because the story's fixed point of view invites me to animate the proceedings in my head, the constantly changing background becomes like a clockwork kaleidoscope of a classical garden park. Cue the calliope.
Story's a little... predatory don't you think? I kept waiting for the wolf head on that final card there.
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