Olle Eksell

New Olle Eksell site
and shop.

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Freddy klarar biffen

Cover by Olle Eksell, Printed 1958

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Book Covers: Olle Eksell

Swedish edition of the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Cover by Olle Eksell, 1952

A few new additions to my Olle Eksell set on Flickr...
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Rätt i rövarhänder

Original title: Trial by Fury, Cover by Olle Eksell, Printed 1951

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Book Covers: Swedish Crime and Adventure Literature

Examples from the collection by Olle Eksell, Martin Gavler, Per Beckman, Rolf Lagerson, Hans Arnold, Albert Andersson...

Svenska Deckarsidorna: Originalupplagor av svensk kriminal- och äventyrslitteratur

Excellent collection of Swedish crime and adventure literature sorted by year - 1883 to today.
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Illustration: Olle Eksell, part 5

Illustration by Olle Eksell, 1958. "Stickat för barn" or "Knitting for kids". How about that? Knitted swim wear.

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Olle Eksell, part 1 to...
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Book:
Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer (buy)
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Somewhat related:
"No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."
20 ridiculous complaints made by holidaymakers
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Book Cover: Olle Eksell, part 4

Swedish edition of "The Sheltering Sky". Cover by Olle Eksell, 1951.

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Book Cover: Olle Eksell, part 3

Olle Eksell made this book cover in 1950.

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Magazine Covers: Olle Eksell, part 2

In 1948 Olle Eksell created this cover for a Swedish literary magazine called "utsikt". The style is very much like some you'll find in Alvin Lustig's works I think. I haven't found proof of it but could Eksell been a student of Lustig's? He studied in LA after the war and Lustig taught there at the time...
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Related posts:
Olle Eksell, part 1
Alvin Lustig
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Illustration: Olle Eksell, part 1

Slussen, 1939 by Olle Eksell
"Slussen ("the lock" in Swedish) is an area of central Stockholm, named after the locks between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea, in Sweden."

Stureplan, Stockholm by Olle Eksell 1939
The royal Castle in Stockholm by Olle Eksell 1939

A short bio:
Olle Eksell: a diverse career

Book:
Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer (buy)
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