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2. Jessie van Hallen - Wikipedia

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   Born in Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent, she attended Burslem School of Art. She is known for her highly collectible whimsical figurines, such as garden gnomes, flowers, animals and ladies. [1] The onset of the Second World War curtailed production of such pieces in favour of those more in line with the war effort. [2] [3]

3. Garden gnome - Wikipedia

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   Garden gnomes saw a resurgence in popularity again in the 1970s with the creation of more humorous types of gnomes. [4] In the 1990s, travelling gnome and garden gnome pranks became popular and made national news at times, where people steal a garden gnome from an unknowing person's lawn and then send the owner photos of the gnome as a ...

4. Rien Poortvliet - Wikipedia

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   Born in Schiedam, Poortvliet was best known for his drawings [2] of animals and for "Gnomes", a famous series of illustrated books with text by Wil Huygen. [3]Poortvliet did not attend art school and his family discouraged him from becoming an artist: `My family thought that artists were, you know, a little bit dangerous, all those naked women, all that drinking all night."

5. Garden ornament - Wikipedia

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   Found object art: items such as bowling balls, toilet planters, and antique farm equipment may be repurposed as lawn ornaments. Francis of Assisi: a saint often associated with nature and animals may be cast in plaster or cement. Garden gnome: a small, generally colorful gnome statuette. Human form: a depiction of a human being.

6. New character unveiled to join Wallace and Gromit - AOL

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   Norbot the smart gnome is Wallace’s enigmatic new invention from Vengeance Most Fowl [PA] The makers of Wallace and Gromit and a children's charity have unveiled a new sculpture for an upcoming ...

7. Jenny Nyström - Wikipedia

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   Jenny Eugenia Nyström (13 or 15 June 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden – 17 January 1946 in Stockholm) was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the jultomte on Christmas cards and magazine covers, thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus to the gnomes and tomtar of Scandinavian folklore.