Martin Mörck
Martin Mörck (born 8 June 1955) is a Swedish-born Norwegian artist[1] and engraver of postage stamps and banknotes.
Mörck was born in Gothenburg, Sweden into a family of artists; a mother being a textile artist and a father being a graphic designer. He began a study of shipbuilding, a study he did not complete. In 1975, after a study in art, he became apprentice as an engraver under the supervision of Arne Wallhorn at the Swedish postal service. Mörck first postage stamp engraving is of a tawny owl and was issued as a Swedish postage stamp. Since then, Mörck has had more than 600 engravings issued as postage stamps,[2] primarily engraved for the postal services of the Nordic countries, but also for the postal services of France, Monaco, Canada, Greenland, Latvia and others.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kendt frimærkegravør i Grønland" (PDF) (in Danish). Post Greenland. January 2009. p. 12. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
Født i Sverige i 1955 og er siden blevet norsk statsborger.[Born 1955 in Sweden and since became Norwegian citizen.]
[permanent dead link] - ^ "Dronningefrimærket i nyt design" (PDF) (in Danish). presswire.dk. 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
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