Dagfinn Bakke
Dagfinn Bakke | |
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Born | (1933年08月16日)16 August 1933 Lødingen, Norway |
Died | 1 January 2019(2019年01月01日) (aged 85) |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation(s) | Illustrator, printmaker and painter |
Employer | Lofotposten |
Dagfinn Bakke (16 August 1933 – 1 January 2019) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and printmaker.
Career
[edit ]Bakke was born in Lødingen Municipality, and settled in Svolvær. From 1952 he worked as illustrator for the magazine Magasinet For Alle . From 1956 to 1992 he was appointed as illustrator for the newspaper Lofotposten ,[1] where he had a regular column which he signed as DAN.[2] He illustrated several books, and is represented at the National Gallery of Norway and other art galleries.[1] [3]
His book illustrations include several humorous books by Arthur Arntzen.[4]
In 2013, Bjørn Tore Pedersen wrote a biography about Bakke.[5] [2]
Awards
[edit ]In 1983, his caricature of Margaret Thatcher, pictured as a besom-riding witch escorted home from the Falkland Islands by British aircraft, won first prize at the International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal.[6]
He was awarded the Petter Dass medal [no] in 2015.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Reisegg, Øyvind. "Dagfinn Bakke". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ a b Pedersen, Gullik Maas; Tallaksen, Ingvil Valberg (12 September 2013). "Lanserte boka om Dagfinn Bakke". Lofotposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Graff, Finn; Mannila, Leena; Smit, Toril M, eds. (1984). Norske Avistegnere (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. M. Stenersens Forlag. pp. 112–115, 226. ISBN 82-7201-035-6.
- ^ a b "Dagfinn Bakke". fineart.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Kunstnerliv mellom to permer". Lofotposten (in Norwegian). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Lysvold, Susanne Skjåstad (8 April 2013). "Vant pris for verdens beste aviskarikatur: – Hun var lett å tegne". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
Further reading
[edit ]- Pedersen, Bjørn Tore (2013). Det stivnede hav.
- 1933 births
- 2019 deaths
- People from Lødingen
- People from Vågan
- Norwegian illustrators
- Norwegian printmakers
- Norwegian editorial cartoonists
- Norwegian caricaturists
- Norwegian columnists
- 20th-century Norwegian painters
- 21st-century Norwegian painters
- Norwegian male painters
- 20th-century Norwegian male artists
- 21st-century Norwegian male artists
- Norwegian artist stubs