This very important bronze sculpt by LewinFuncke is what became the face of the 100 model. Arthur Lewin-Funcke photographed in his studio with one of his sculptural works of a child. Courtesy of Karin Lewin-Funcke and family 10 FALL 2017 Germany, the store manager decided that a doll design contest would spur interest among his customers in purchasing new dolls. One stipulation was that any dolls entered must resemble realistic street children. This represented a very marked departure from the idealized beautiful faces so prevalent in French production or the very highly unrealistic dolly-face dolls that had been widely popular up to then. What prompted this request for a new direction in doll design? It is hypothesized that it reflected a societal shift away from viewing children as miniature adults and a new acceptance of childhood and playtime. Children were being given more freedom for imagination and exploration in a way that had never previously been seen. Under the direction of Marion Kaulitz a group of dolls known as the Munich Art dolls were entered into the competition to great critical acclaim, thus ushering in the new era of the character dolls. It should be noted that Munich art dolls do not have bisque heads, but rather a very hard composition