Postcard: Artist Illustrator John Bauer; gnomes trolls - sold individually - you pick.  

Very good + condition with little to no edge and corner wear.  Please see images for condition.

From Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens:

John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator who focused on landscapes and mythology. He is best known for his countless illustrations created for Bland tomtar och troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls), an anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales. Inspired by the Swedish landscapes he grew up with, Bauer creates a reimagined mysterious world of trolls and other mythological creatures. He would often take walks in the nearby woods to capture details of moss, lichens, plants and mushrooms with light filtering through the canopy of the dense forest.  

From Alchetron

Bauer's favorite subject was Swedish nature, the dense forests where the light trickled down through the tree canopies. Ever since he was little he had wandered in the dark woods of Smaland imagining all the creatures living there. His paintings frequently included detailed depictions of plants, mosses, lichens and mushrooms found in the Swedish woods. He is best known for his illustrations of Among Gnomes and Trolls.  In a 1953 article in Allers Familje-journal (Allers Family Journal), his friend Ove Eklund stated that "although [Bauer] only mumbled about and never said clearly", he believed that all the creatures he drew actually existed. Eklund had on several occasions accompanied Bauer on his walks through the forests by Lake Vattern, and Bauer's description of all the things he thought existed made Eklund feel he could see them as well.