Illustrated Sheet Music Covers by Einar Nerman

Sweden, circa 1912–1932. From the Images Musicales collection (also see their new blog). Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection En gyllene medelväg, 1919 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Folie Tollie, not datedEinar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Tidens vaggsång, not dated Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Min lilla Wa-tah-wall, 1915Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Pastoral och parodi, 1932Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Karavan, not datedEinar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Min morgonsång, 1914 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Suzy, 1917Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Kullornas Vals, 1927Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Chong, 1919Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Det finns en tagg på varje rosenstängel, not dated Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection La même lune nous voit, 1917 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Säg varför går du här och ger mig ögon?, 1916 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Carmencita, 1925Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Det är vårens fel, 1912 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection En sjömansvals, 1918 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection En sjömansdrill, 1920 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Varför? - Därför! (Because!), 1925 Einar Nerman, from the Images Musicales collection Allihop är de galna i mej! (They go Wild simply Wild over me), 1925 This is my fifth post on Swedish illustrator Einar Nerman. See them all here. From wikipediaEinar Nerman (6 October 1888, Norrköping – 1983) was a Swedish artist. He was born and grew up in middle class family in the working-class city of Norrköping and was the younger brother of the Swedish Communist leader Ture Nerman. Einar Nerman also had a twin brother, Birger Nerman, who was an archeologist. Einar Nerman dropped out of his Norrköping Gymnasium High School in 1905 and moved to Stockholm to study art. In 1908 he moved to France for many years to pursue his interest in art, studying with Matisse at the Academie Matisse in Paris. When he came back to Sweden in 1912 he started studying music and taking dance lessons. In the 1920s Nerman lived in London and drew images for The Tatler. During World War II, he lived and worked in New York. Einar Nerman wrote songs and music and composed music and to many of his brother Ture Nerman’s poems. Einar Nerman also made illustrations for many of the books by Selma Lagerlöf. In Sweden today, he is mostly known, or unknown, for being the man behind the art of the Solstickan matchbox. He also made some famous drawings of Greta Garbo, one of which was used on a postage stamp in 2005, a hundred years after the moviestar's birth. A book of his drawings appeared in 1976: Caught in the Act (Harrap, London) with an introduction by his friend, lyricist Sandy Wilson. It contained many caricatures of friends in the London theatre world. From 1922 to 1930 he was the theatre cartoonist for The Tatler and also worked for the fashionable magazine Eve. See all posts tagged "Sweden" on 50 Watts Previous post from this collection: Don't let your eyes tell lies This post first appeared on August 7, 2014 on 50 Watts