Ib Andersen
Ib Andersen (1907-1969) was a Danish artist, graphic artist and architect. He is best known as a magazine artist for Politikens Magasinet from 1927 and into the early 60s. But Ib Andersen's production is far more wide-ranging than this, as he also developed within the field of visual art, the use graphics and the architecture. The breakthrough as poster designer came with the poster for The British Exhibition in 1932, and ran the years up to a total production of about 25 posters.
From architecture to Tivoli
Ib Andersen's posters are characterized by a fascination with the style and architecture, and how these can play together in the picture and construct new compositions. The earlier works in particular are inspired by the French poster icon A.M. Cassandre and his cubist and dynamic image constructions. However, this land worship is replaced over the years by a more atmospheric or romanticized style, as is seen in the known Tivoli poster from 1943 (reprinted in 1952).
