Tendre Pensée Alsace Hansi Postcard

Hansi Postcard featuring a Tender Thought from Alsace from the Hansi Museum Collection

• Length: 14.8 cm
• Width: 10.5 cm

Jean-Jacques Waltz, alias Hansi or Uncle Hansi, is a French illustrator born in Colmar. In 1894 his father sent him to Lyon to study industrial drawing, supplemented by courses in painting and decorative arts. After his stay in Lyon, he returned to Alsace where he became famous as a postcard artist.

The motifs of his illustrations often combine idyllic village scenes with biting anti-German caricatures. Whilst his illustrations initially appear to be innocent scenes of Alsatian life, closer observation reveals a dislike of the Germans that was to become Hansi's distinctive trademark.

PEFC paper (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) is certified paper sourced from responsibly managed forests. It is therefore environmentally friendly and long-lasting, ideal for your Alsatian correspondence.

Complete your postcard with decorated envelopes and discover our collection of Alsace postcards, humorous postcards, Hansi postcards, large Hansi posters, Alsatian recipe postcards and especially the Alsatian Calendar and Hansi Calendar.