Mads Stage
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Mads Stage born in Copenhagen, (6 July 1922 – 28 May 2004) was a Danish artist.
Mads Stage was a respected and beloved artist in large parts of the world. His enormous production includes design and decoration of everything from postcards, posters, calendars, stamps and books to porcelain, textiles and much more.
Mads Stage has among others illustrated Henry David Thoreau
's Walden
, or Life in the Woods, Ivan Turgenev
's The Hunter's Sketches, fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen
and children's books by Danish author Jens Fink-Jensen
.
He was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His favorite scenes are animals and birds of which he was a great connoisseur, but as a versatile artist, he designed artistic textiles, fine articles for everyday use, decoration of china and textile printing.
For many years, Mads Stage worked for the Danish medical industry and made a large number of scientific drawings. Further he was a master of city scenes and landscapes and he produced splendid series of water colours from Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Scotland, Holland, Paris, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and the USA.
In the beautiful scenery around his home in the Danish countryside, Mads Stage found inspiration for his drawings, many of which have been produced as greeting and Christmas cards with growing international interest.
Mads Stage was a respected and beloved artist in large parts of the world. His enormous production includes design and decoration of everything from postcards, posters, calendars, stamps and books to porcelain, textiles and much more.
Mads Stage has among others illustrated Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist...
's Walden
Walden
Walden is an American book written by noted Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau...
, or Life in the Woods, Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, is a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century...
's The Hunter's Sketches, fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...
and children's books by Danish author Jens Fink-Jensen
Jens Fink-Jensen
Jens Fink-Jensen is a Danish poet, author, photographer, composer and architect.-Biography:Jens Fink-Jensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. From 1968 to 1972 Fink-Jensen attended school in Store Heddinge where he was a classmate with the Danish poet Søren Ulrik Thomsen...
.
He was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His favorite scenes are animals and birds of which he was a great connoisseur, but as a versatile artist, he designed artistic textiles, fine articles for everyday use, decoration of china and textile printing.
For many years, Mads Stage worked for the Danish medical industry and made a large number of scientific drawings. Further he was a master of city scenes and landscapes and he produced splendid series of water colours from Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Scotland, Holland, Paris, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and the USA.
In the beautiful scenery around his home in the Danish countryside, Mads Stage found inspiration for his drawings, many of which have been produced as greeting and Christmas cards with growing international interest.