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Alfred Schmidt

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Ink and wash drawing of a ceremony in a hall: a man at a carved pulpit offers a top hat to a central figure, with tailcoated

From the University Anniversary

1929

Pen drawing of a horse pulling a carriage with a grand piano, a man at the keys, and marching soldiers beside it.

Down with the Army Gramophone!

1932

Pen drawing of an elderly woman with a broom in a doorway, looking down at a small spindly creature on the threshold.

Ogsaa en hjemløs

1932

Pen drawing of a cleaning woman with mop and bucket speaking to a seated man at a desk with a lamp.

The cleaning lady visits the director in his office to ask for a share of the profits

1920

Ink caricature of a man examining a globe beside a writer at a desk, surrounded by seals, a walrus, and polar explorer portra

Hos Grønlandsfareren

1914

Pen-and-ink cartoon of two uniformed guards on a city street with a running child, a woman with umbrella, and automobiles.

The Pope on his first outing

1929

Pen drawing of a caped scholar reading at a desk with a cat and bat, while kneeling figures and devils crowd the left side.

The bankers in Aarhus ask Faustinus for Labor Peace

1931

Pen drawing of a caricatured traveler with a suitcase and mailbox walking past onlookers on a city street.

Home from the Front

1915

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded lounge with caricatured men, cigar boxes, wine barrels, a piano and a child playing.

A Hamster Family

1917

Ink cartoon of bearded men raising a flagpole by a seaside village, with a horse cart, a seal, and a table of bottles.

From Iceland’s Thousand-Year Celebration

1930

Ink drawing of an elephant covered in circus newspaper clippings while a man photographs it and a crowd watches behind a fenc

The Stolen White Elephant

1904

Ink caricature by Alfred Schmidt showing crowds hauling large tuna from boats along a shoreline with Danish captions.

Tuna fishing at Sjællands Odde

1929

Pen and grey wash caricature sheet with exaggerated figures, a laughing woman, angry men and brawling fists.

Some statements about the earthquake on November 1, 1930

1930

Pen drawing of two women knitting in a room with posters, a cat, a bust, and a standing man at right.

O, Dagmar!

1937

Pen drawing of a nude man beside a seated lion, a monkey with glasses on a ticket box, a snake and birds.

Adam gives the animals nicknames

1930

Pen-and-ink caricature of a bearded man in a peaked cap holding a small flag, with two small figures at left.

From the Faroe Islands

1930

Pen and ink caricature of a city parade with a guard, a bishop, horn players, police and a crowd along the street.

Here come the Danish mayors

1930

Ink cartoon of a bearded man in a hallway facing two startled figures in a doorway, with a staircase railing on the right.

Fra Lasso-Tiden

1933

Ink caricature of reclining spectators with binoculars on tiered platforms, a uniformed attendant, and a distant city skyline

From the flight tests in Aarhus

1909

Ink and wash drawing of a caricatured seated man smoking a pipe on a shore, with a sun, distant town and wrecked boat.

Nocturne

1929

Pen drawing of a crowded park scene with children in top hats, a brass band, an ice cream stand, flags and balloons.

As the old folks sing…

1934

Pen drawing of a crowded tavern with men in hats, women in shawls, a baby in a pram, and bottles labelled Sprit.

Den undegørende Kilde paa Læsø

1932

Watercolor of an elderly man with a cane walking a curving road past a cow, flower pots, a goldfish bowl and garden statues.

The dark country road can become bright and cozy

1936

Watercolor of two bearded men in fur hats on snow beside a NORPOLSKY signpost, one holding a rifle and lantern.

Two Russians at the North Pole

1937

Ink drawing of caricatured men drinking and eating in a crowded hall, with a tuba player and a pig on the floor.

Finally, an Exhibition

1931

Ink drawing of a satirical procession hauling a giant statue past classical buildings, with banners and poodles in the foregr

The Denmark Monument is being relocated

1919

Caricature of two men fighting on a village street, with a chicken and black cat, yellow and red-roofed houses behind.

On the Way to World Fame

1930

Pencil sketch of an elderly woman in a headscarf and striped shawl seated on a wooden chair, hand raised to her face.

An elderly woman is sitting on a chair

1883

Pen drawing of a white horse rearing by a barn, with donkey, goat, pigs, ducks and a rooster on a farm.

‘The White Horse’ tells

1920

Pen and ink drawing of a cluttered parlor with two seated men, a standing man in a cap, and children at a table and on the fl

Der snakkes Skiv

1932

Ink drawing of four smoking men seated at a table in a room, with a man in a doorway and a standing figure at left.

At the minister’s office

1925

Pen-and-ink caricature of men in butchers' aprons with cleavers around a chopping block, one well-dressed man pouring a drink

When Wilcening’s competitors wanted him dead

1914