Aage Martin Lundvald (11 July 1908 - 15 May 1983) was a Danish
illustrator
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,
cartoonist
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, and
composer
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. With a production of more than 1000
poster
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s, he was one of the most productive Danish artists in his field.
Lundvald was the son of machinist Aage Fritz Lundvald and his wife Johanne Margrethe Frederiksen. After high school Lundvald considered studying law, but soon revealed a talent for drawing. In 1927 he made his first professional drawing, a cover for
Edition Wilhelm Hansen Edition Wilhelm Hansen is a Danish music publishing company founded in 1857 by Wilhelm Hansen. It publishes score and recordings.
It was founded as Christiani & Grisson in 1811, and bought by printer and engraver Wilhelm Hansen in 1857, who sold ...
, and soon began making a living from cartoons, women's magazine illustrations, and vignettes for the daily ''
Politiken
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''. Lundvald made his first movie poster in 1937 for the film ''
Life on the Hegn Farm
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'', and created hundreds of movie posters and programs for both Danish and foreign films. In addition, he made countless book covers and funny cartoons, and wrote songs to
Marguerite Viby
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among others.
References
External links
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Jørgen Grandt's web page about Lundvald
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Danish cartoonists
20th-century Danish illustrators
Danish editorial cartoonists
1908 births
1983 deaths