German 1943 R. Schmidt Woodland Animals Mixed Media Drawing drying rack I find it really hard

I find it really hard to pass by little carved wooden objects

Signed and dated what looks like 1908

was a favored retreat for painters and artists in the late 19th/ early 20th century near Veijle Fjord

visible through a little cutout window at the center of either side

German 1943 R. Schmidt Woodland Animals Mixed Media Drawing drying rack I find it really hardI'm completely charmed by this animal packed drawing, with its all over composition of creatures against solid black ink ground reminding me of some of my favorite Medieval tapestries (I've included one example in photos) and also hand painted designs on antique Chinese ceramics, ginger jars especially. And what a wonderful cast of creatures is it perhaps that owl in the tree and the wild boar best of all! some of them happily given little patches of