Figurines

Hello folks!

I need your help with these 3 figurines. Any information would be highly appreciated. Also, what does that foreign mark mean?

These figurines came from Belgium antiques auction.

Thank you so much!

 

It usually means German, post WW I, when people weren't too fond of the Germans.

 

I like the first one, as it depicts somebody painting.

 

I like this one too a lot.
I wish I knew makers and their age. So hard to figure this out.

 

The first one is almost exactly like Gorham's Old Sign Painter, but surely came first.

 

And sometimes Japanese post WW2, which is what I suspect that first one is.

 

Thanks guys!

Any idea what those two other ones can be?

 

Bringing this topic back up hehe Still hoping to get any information on those figurines. Such amazing work, but can't find anything like that.