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Alfred Schmidt

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Pen and ink caricature of a stout man in striped suit posing before a camera operated by a photographer in a courtyard.

The smug Hedebol arranges to be photographed in front of Copenhagen City Hall

1917

Pen drawing of a chaotic street brawl between workers and police, with dogs, a scaffold and onlookers at windows.

The Little Bricklayer in Magstræde, or Small Cause, Big Effect

1932

Ink and wash cartoon of a chaotic street scene with doctors in white coats, patients, a police van and a bench.

Daily Life at the People’s Health Resort in Hald

1930

Pen-and-ink caricature by Alfred Schmidt, 1915, showing a stout man facing a crowd of exaggerated figures near a fence and bo

Professor Borchsenius hands over the Golden Age poets to Director Feilberg

1915

Ink drawing of a man in a hat gesturing at a train as luggage, hats and clothes tumble from an open carriage door.

It’s the first step that costs

1934

Ink caricature sheet with several exaggerated male portraits, some in military uniforms with medals, dated 1910.

Mr. Muus

1910

Ink drawing of two men in aprons with ladles facing a smiling woman by a steaming stove in a kitchen.

Write home to Dad!

1937

Caricature of a suited minister facing a line of exaggerated women with a 'SPAA DANSK' banner, pen and grey wash, 1932.

Minister of Justice Zahle and a group of fortune tellers

1932

Pen and ink drawing of uniformed men in wide-brimmed hats, some bearded or mustached, walking through vertical hatching.

All the happy boys in the world

1924

Page of ink caricatures and cartoons with Danish captions, including boxers, an elephant, a tombstone and a seated crowd.

A bunch of small drawings that Schmidt would like to have printed in Blæksprutten

1924

Ink caricature of stout figures shopping among framed portraits in a gallery interior, by Alfred Schmidt, 1915.

Shopping for the Anegalleriet

1915

Ink caricature of a long-nosed man in a striped-trouser suit holding a small bespectacled child beside a toy pig, with a seco

Akrobat-Oh! eller Lyngsies Vise

1928

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a suit gesturing to a woman beside a grand piano with a captain figurine.

Among other things, the silver wedding couple received a bright red grand piano and a figurine of a captain at his an…

1923

Caricature drawing of three men in conversation, one in military uniform with medals, one with a large curled mustache.

Presentation

1925

Pen drawing of a marching crowd with pitchforks and musicians, accompanied by pigs, a rooster, ducks, and cows.

There it is again!

1936

Pen drawing by Alfred Schmidt, 1925: allegorical figures, animals and a crowned coat of arms in a festive ceremonial scene.

Proposal for a more festive ceremony at the opening of Parliament

1925

Pen and ink caricature of four men in formal dress in a room, some holding top hats, with small figures beside them.

During the ministerial crisis in August 1909

1909

Watercolor and ink sketch of mourners outside a brick church, with vignettes of seated men, children and two men talking.

Different situations (19th-20th century)

Pen and ink caricature of a bearded man seated amid scattered shoes as a woman with a purse gestures at him in a room.

A look back at summer politics

1926

Pen-and-ink drawing of a coachman driving a horse-drawn carriage with two passengers past buildings and trees.

On the Way to the Gallop Race

1917

Ink cartoon of a panicked crowd fleeing birds and a lion at a zoo, drawn by Alfred Schmidt in 1929.

Panic at the Zoo

1929

Colored drawing of a crowded street with Danish flags, a green cart, a police officer, and baby carriages, by Alfred Schmidt.

Smertensbarnevognen

1936

Pen and ink caricature of a bearded lecturer, a stout woman in white dress, and two men in formal coats.

The first female business student enrolls

1915

An Interrogation from the Scene of the Crime

1883

Pen-and-ink interior scene of men with a pitchfork confronting a cat beside a wooden chest in a rustic room.

Mavepølsen

1937

Ink and wash drawing of two men toasting at an outdoor table amid farm animals, with a woman and children and a farmhouse beh

Thus ended the World War

1925

Ink drawing of a tavern interior with seated men, a standing man gesturing, wall posters and a portrait, dated 1919.

Thank you for your courage!

1919

Ink and wash drawing of a flying couple above water, with a cheering crowd waving flags and three girls watching from the pie

The Great Spring

1935

Ink cartoon of women in aprons and shawls in a corridor of open doors, with dogs and cats, one reading a newspaper.

When ‘Elverhøj’ was to be shelved

1913

Pen and ink drawing of a street book cart with a shouting vendor, a boy, and readers beside piles of books and bananas.

The Bookstore of the Future

1915

Ink cartoon in two panels: a margarine shop with customers and sausages above, and a stout couple in an open car with geese b

Spring 1915 - Autumn 1915. Image of transformation

1915

Pen drawing of two caricatured men beside a shop window smashed open, with glass shards on the pavement.

The enemy is crushed!

1931