Postcards

       Recognized for the artistic talent Berta Hummel had in capturing on paper and chalk the innocence of the local children, the first edition of pictures and postcards for Berta (Sister) Hummel were created in Rottenburg and Munich in December of 1932. In 1933, at the age of 24, Berta Hummel and the Sießen Convent signed an agreement with the publisher of Ars Sacra in Munich.  By late 1933, thirty-seven Hummel pictures had been printed by the company Ars Sacra as post cards. On 4 November of 1934, copies of her work were sent to Emil Fink Verlag and were published in Das Hummel-Buch Dichtungen und Vorwort von Margarete Seemann, with 5,000 copies of a first edition of the 62-page book of her sketches and poetry along with post cards. By 1937, the “Hummel postcards” had been outlawed by the Nazi regime. 

The following is a partial list of the many works that Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel created which were made into the popular postcards and thereafter the M.I. Hummel figurines. Her cards are still in production and widely collected today reflecting the excitement people still have for the talent this artist represented early in her short life. 

This page was updated on 6 September 2024.

       The following images represent the postcards as sorted by the HUM number for your searching convenience. Additional postcards will be added as they are located.

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HUM 1
Puppy Love
HUM 2
Little Fiddler
HUM 3
Book Worm
HUM 4
Little Fiddler
HUM 5
Strolling Along
HUM 6
Sensitive Hunter
HUM 7
Merry Wanderer
HUM 8
Book Worm
HUM 9
Begging His Share
HUM 10
Flower Madonna
HUM 11
Merry Wanderer
HUM 12
Chimney Sweep
HUM 13
Meditation
HUM 14
Bookworm Bookends
HUM 15
Hear Ye, Hear Ye
HUM 16
Little Hiker
HUM 17
Congratulations
HUM 18
Christ Child
HUM 19
Prayer Before Battle,
Ashtray
HUM 20
Prayer Before Battle
HUM 21
Heavenly Angel
HUM 22
Holy Water Font,
Angel with Bird
HUM 23
Adoration
HUM 24
Lullaby,
candleholder

HUM 25
Angelic Sleep,
candleholder
HUM 26
Holy Water Font,
Christ Jesus
HUM 27
Joyous News
HUM 28
Wayside Devotion
HUM 29
Holy Water Font,
Guardian Angel
HUM 30 A
Ba-Bee Ring
HUM 30 B
Ba-Bee Ring
HUM 31
Silent Night with Black Child
HUM 32
Little Gabriel
HUM 33
Joyful,
ashtray
HUM 34
Singing Lesson,
ashtray
HUM 35
Holy Water Font,
Good Shepherd
HUM 36
Holy Water Font,
Child with Flowers
HUM 37
Herald Angels,
candleholder
HUM 38
Angel, Joyful News with Lute,
candleholder
HUM 39
Angel, Joyful News with Accordion,
candleholder
HUM 40
Angel, Joyful News with Trumpet,
candleholder
HUM 41
Singing Lesson,
with base
HUM 42
Good Shepherd
HUM 43
March Winds
HUM 44 A
Culprit,
table lamp
HUM 44 B
Out of Danger,
table lamp
HUM 45
Madonna with Halo
HUM 46
Madonna without Halo
HUM 47
Goose Girl
HUM 48
Madonna,
plaque
HUM 49
To Market
HUM 50
Volunteers
HUM 51
Village Boy
HUM 52
Going to Grandmas
HUM 53
Joyful
HUM 54
Silent Night,
candleholder
HUM 55
St. George
HUM 56 A
Culprits
HUM 56 B
Out of Danger
HUM 57
Chick Girl
HUM 58
Playmates
HUM 59
Skier
HUM 60 A
Farm Boy,
bookend
HUM 60 B
Goose Girl,
bookend
HUM 61 A
Playmates,
bookend
HUM 61 B
Chick Girl,
bookend
HUM 62
Happy Pastime,
ashtray
HUM 63
Singing Lesson
HUM 64
Shepherd’s Boy
HUM 65
Farewell
HUM 66
Farm boy
HUM 67
Doll Mother
HUM 68
Lost Sheep
HUM 69
Happy Pastime
HUM 70
Holy Child
HUM 71
Stormy Weather
HUM 73
Little Helper
HUM 82
Little Scholar
HUM 86
Happiness
HUM 87
For Father
HUM 88
Heavenly Protection
HUM 89
Little Cellist
HUM 90 A
Eventide
bookend
HUM 90 B
Adoration without Shrine
bookend
HUM 91 A & B
Holy Water Font
Angels at Prayer
HUM 92
Merry Wanderer
plaque
HUM 93
Little Fiddler
plaque
HUM 94
Surprise
HUM 95
Brother
HUM 96
Little Shopper
HUM 97
Trumpet Boy
HUM 98
Sister
HUM 99
Eventide

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References

Hummel Gifts (2023). The M.I. Hummel Story. Retrieved 19 May 2023 from https://hummelgifts.com/blog/the-mi-hummel-story/

M.I. Hummel Club. (2015). INSIGHTS, Vol 38 No 2. Retrieved 2 July 2018 from hummelgifts.com/content/INSIGHTS_WINTER_2015_website.pdf

Miller, R. L. (2006). The No. 1 price guide to M. I. Hummel : 10th Edition. Portfolio Press.

Nitz, G., Hummel, M. I., & Berta-Hummel-Museum. (2000). Massing und Berta Hummel: Ausstellung, 28. Juni 2000 bis Juni 2001, das Berta-Hummel-Museum im Hummelhaus.