2 Werner Wildner Gnomes, unframed Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee 1924-2004), two unframed works depicting gnomes. 1st item

wildner werner nashville cardstock gnomes watercolor landscape practice critical unframed tennessee bluebook born teenager exhibit site item hat-wearing gnome commercial returned 1924-2004 works leaping bearded pipe-smoking gazing detroit mid-1950s success depicting moved family school man-in-the-moon raven perches askart artists germany child 1944 went study briefly mienzinger decided fantastical grotesque creatures recurring 1962 collapse marriage 1970's reclusive smoking monogram lower fence courtesy army pursue animals theme known parents decades private florida pipe signed left 9-7/8 7-1/2 background 10-1/8 biography served career whimsical work cheekwood death life provenance collection