Ewert Karlsson
Ewert Karlsson | |
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| Died | 6 January 2004 (aged 85) |
| Known for | caricature, editorial cartoon, illustrator |
Ewert Karlsson (1918–2004), signature EWK, was a Swedish artist and political cartoonist. He drew for Aftonbladet and Land among others.[1]
He illustrated Runer Jonsson's books about Vicke Viking.[2]
In 1979 the EWK was declared Cartoonist of the year of The Sixteenth International Salon of Cartoons of Montréal. Attached to the general international Catalog[3] as a tribute to the winning Artist, a personal anthological volume of his own is produced, limited to one thousand copies, by the city of Montréal and it is distributed to all the participating artists of the world[4]
He was awarded the Illis quorum in both 1988 and 1993.[5]
A museum about EWK and his drawings is located within the Museum of Work in Norrköping, Sweden.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Roos, Cecilia (5 January 2004). "Politiske tecknaren EWK har avlidit" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ "Ewert Karlsson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ The Sixteenth International Salon of Cartoons, by Robert La Palme Directeur du Salon International of Cartoons, Ville de Montréal, Montréal 1979. 813 pages.
- ^ EWK, Cartoonist of the year 1979, The International Pavilion of Humour of Montréal, 1979, 72 pages
- ^ "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Kuivanen, Pauli Olavi (3 April 2008). "Dröm om EWK blir verklighet". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ "New EWK Museum inaugurated April 1". Nordstjernan. 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
External links
[edit]- EWK-sällskapet, EWK society website (in Swedish)
- EWK at the Museum of Work (in Swedish)
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