Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Riber Hansson 1939-2024

From Marco de Angelis' Facebook page.

Swedish cartoonist Riber Hansson has passed away. 

Born in 1939, he lived and worked in Stockholm and was cartoonist and illustrator at the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet from 1990 to 2000.

His editorial cartoons were published in Swedish and European newspapers and magazines and his artworks have been exhibited in numerous individual and collective exhibitions worldwide.

He has won numerous prizes; the Grand Prix Press Cartoon Europe (Knokke-Heist 2009) and the prestigious prize of the World Press Cartoon (Sintra 2007). 

His masterpieces can be admired in museums in Scandinavia, the U.S., in Italy and in France. 

He also illustrates many childrens and adult books, and he publishes his own cartoon albums.

Grand Prize at the World Press Cartoon, 2007





An interview with the artist as well as a selection of "artists painting dogs" can be found on this blog.



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