Ewert Karlsson Explained
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]
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Notes and References
- News: Politiske tecknaren EWK har avlidit. https://archive.today/20121225031503/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/isidorpub/PrinterFriendlyArticle.asp?DagensDatum=2004-01-05&Artikel=347486&ProgramID=83. dead. 2012-12-25. Roos. Cecilia. 5 January 2004. Sveriges Radio. Swedish. 2009-06-15.
- Encyclopedia: . Ewert Karlsson . 2009-06-16 . Swedish.
- 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
- Web site: January 2006 . Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152834/https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/61bab671f59a46af81cb11ee99e0d0eb/regeringens-beloningsmedaljer-och-regeringens-utmarkelse-professors-namn . 2021-11-02 . 2022-05-18 . Regeringskansliet . sv.
- News: Dröm om EWK blir verklighet. Kuivanen. Pauli Olavi. 3 April 2008. Norrköpings Tidningar. Swedish. 2009-06-15.
- News: New EWK Museum inaugurated April 1. 2009. Nordstjernan. 2009-06-15.
