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Alfred Schmidt

217 works

Browse 217 works by Alfred Schmidt. Every work here links to the museum that holds it, and anyone can save it at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side without paying.

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Vintage Christmas card of a bearded Santa figure carrying a fir tree, wrapped gifts, and a large envelope.

Christmas card

Black and white print of a crowd and equestrian statue before Amalienborg palace, with flags and bunting decorating the squar

From the Golden Wedding Celebration. The procession passes the Royal Palace at Amalienborg

1892

Pen and ink caricature of bearded men dancing, singing and raising flags on mountain peaks, with a figure playing accordion.

Norse Mood

1923

Ink caricature of a giant farmer with a pitchfork stomping through a city street as crowds flee in top hats.

Come on, farmer, come on!

1927

Watercolor and ink caricatures of political figures with handwritten Danish verses, arranged across a cream sheet.

From ‘The Great Theater’

1922

Nine hand-coloured caricature vignettes of exaggerated men reading, lounging, and working, arranged on a layout sheet.

Aandens Arbejdere

1919

Pen drawing of two tourists and a child pointing at a map of Denmark crowded with umbrella-holding figures in rain.

Tourists are standing and looking at a map of Denmark

1931

Pen drawing of laughing robed men seated on a giant book labeled Grundloven af 1915, with a man pointing nearby.

‘We are all sitting comfortably here,’ said the Judges, who were sitting on the Constitution

1931

Ink cartoon strip in three rows depicting Nero in Roman scenes with Danish captions, including a horse made director-general.

Was Brandes worse than Nero

1915

Pen and ink cartoon of a zookeeper and a man watching a baby hippo beside its mother, with zoo animals behind a railing.

Bravo, it’s a little lady!

1932

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a hat holding a jacket over his arm, dated 1882.

Man wearing a hat holds a jacket in his hands

1882

Six-panel ink drawing of costumed figures carrying canopies in processions, labeled Norge, Sverige, Rusland, Tyskland, Italie

Proposal for the decoration of Hans Christian Andersen’s Memorial Hall in Odense

1929

Pen drawing of a row of caricatured men in tailcoats leaning against a building wall with arms crossed.

Arms crossed

1920

A thinking man in a standing and sitting position

1884

Colored caricature of men before a building labeled Forum, two central figures shaking hands, a large brown animal at right.

The Cartoonists’ Revolt

1929

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a draped cloak and pointed hood, holding a pipe, dated 1882.

Jester smoking a pipe

1882

Watercolor caricature of an elderly man at a window tossing cake rings and candy to excited children in a street, 1926.

Borgbjerg celebrates his birthday with cake and candy

1926

Ink and wash drawing of classical statues on pedestals, including a lion, eagle, horse and rider, with a uniformed man walkin

Nighttime Performance at Thorvaldsens Museum

1933

Pen and ink caricature of seven men in uniforms around a table, with a seated central figure and a Danish caption below.

The Deuntzer government gathered around J. C. Christensen (20th century)

Pen and ink caricature from 1908 showing seated men in uniforms beside a large round figure surrounded by a crowd of men.

Ministeriet

1908

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a man in a top hat carrying a small box along a roadside path.

A Funeral (19th-20th century)

Pen-and-ink caricature of portly men in top hats on a bunting-decorated city street, with onlookers at windows.

The Association for the Preservation of Danish Poets’ Homes

1910

Ink drawing of the word Blæksprutten formed by block letters covered in crowds of running and climbing people.

Many people on the ‘Blæksprutten’

1933

Watercolor caricature of a lecturer at a podium teaching a class of seated horses in a bare room, with a toy horse in front.

Thinking Horses. Course for Advanced Students

1913

Satirical watercolor of an enthroned judge with a skull below, a shackled kneeling figure, an axe on the wall, and onlookers.

The Detective from Bagerstræde Martha Nielsen Passes Judgment

1915

Pen and ink caricature of a procession of exaggerated figures led by a uniformed rider on horseback, with Danish caption.

Ministeriet Stauning

1924

Pen drawing of a street crowd singing under flags and bunting, with a man gesturing to children and onlookers at windows.

That’s enough!

1936

Pen drawing of a woman in a long gown on a large star with a cat, pug, plant, birdcage and airplane under a starry sky.

Finally, a real man! The constellation Virgo

1910

Pen drawing of a caricatured duel in a park, with statues of Hamlet and Holger Danske and onlookers at right.

Da Brisson første Gang slog igennem herhjemme

1931

Pen and watercolor drawing of a green troll with red hair stretching and yawning beside a blue sea.

The troll awakens

1926

Ink drawing of a uniformed conductor standing between a woman in a plumed hat and a man in a top hat in a railway carriage.

What can happen

1913

Ink drawing of a street crowd in period dress gathered around a man writing on a barrel, by Alfred Schmidt, 1913.

A new film company has been formed

1913