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Royal Library in Stockholm - has over half a million posters!
Some have now become postcards, more are on the way
A much appreciated postcard to both send and receive.
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Collector's postcard, joined from the start
Postcard in the series: Number 34
Early summer morning in Stockholm stream. The archipelago boats are ready for today's excursions in the world's most beautiful archipelago!
The poster is almost 100 years old but could be painted yesterday.
Artist: David Ljungdahl 1870 - 1940
Published: 1920
Size: 120 x 180 mm.
Printed: Sweden
David Ljungdahl
David Vilhelm Ljungdahl, born December 5, 1870 in Motala, Östergötland, died September 6, 1940 in Matthew , Stockholm City, Uppland.
David was a Swedish Swedish entomologist, craftsman, teacher and illustrator.
He was the son of the tailor master Petter Vilhem Ljungdahl and Lovisa Bergqvist, from 1896 married to Lovisa Augusta Borgh.
Ljungdahl studied at the Technical School 1886-1892 and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1894-1895. He then participated in Axel Tallberg's etching course. He received an artist's fee from the Academy of Art in 1908-1909. He was hired in 1912 as a teacher at the Technical School and later at the Technical University (KTH) in Stockholm. He exhibited together with the Swedish Artists' Association, the Art Association for Southern Sweden, Swedish Art in Helsingborg, Art and the Industrial Exhibition in Norrköping in 1906 and the Industrial Craft and Art Exhibition in Lund in 1907.
He was active as a model builder for the Nordic Museum and the State Historical Museum, he has also designed exlibris and illustrated books. Among other things, he made the cover for Verner von Heidenstam's Hans Alienus, Selma Lagerlöfs Slåtterkarlarna in Ekolsund and Jules Vernes Captain Grant's children. Together with the entomologists Frithiof Nordström, Einar Wahlgren and Albert Tullgren, was added the monumental work, Swedish Butterflies, 1935-1941, where Ljungdahl provided the illustrations. In addition to his own creation and his work as a teacher, he participated as a press draftsman in the Vecko Journalen.
Ljungdahl is represented at the National Museum with drawings and graphics and the Gothenburg Art Museum.