Hans Arnold
The Master of Horror
Hans Arnold (1925-2010) was a Swiss-Swedish artist and illustrator. He grew up in a very strict and conservative Catholic area in Sursee, Switzerland.
Having finished art school in Luzern and traveling Europe, Arnold finally settled in Stockholm, Sweden. After several years of working as an illustrator for magazines, papers and children’s books for, Arnold got his big breakthrough as the ”Master of horror” while illustrating short stories known as ”Veckans chock” in the women’s magazine Veckorevyn 1954-1979.
Alongside children’s’ book illustrations he is well known for ABBA’s iconic Greatest hits cover and he also made a name a name for himself in animation, TV vignettes, opera, theatre, and TV scenography. In total, Hans Arnold has created over 000 illustrations. The art bank is available via Rights & Brands, and images may be added on request.
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The Swedish Salvador Dali
Hans Arnold’s typical style was making everyday items appear ghostlike and scary. The children in his illustrations were sweet and innocent while the images of women were more risqué. His illustrations are extremely detailed with clear strikes of surrealism. He has been compared to a ”Swedish Salvador Dali”.
Book illustrations
Arnold’s illustrations of Astrid Lindgren’s Allrakäraste Syster, alongside Bland tomtar och troll, are just a few examples of his many children’s book illustrations.
Monstret som valp is Arnold’s own self-biography, which is told in picture book format.
For the short story series in VeckoRevyn ”Veckans chock”, he created over 250 illustrations between 1954 and 1979.
Hans Arnold image bank
The Hans Arnold artbank is available via Rights & Brands. The art bank contains black and white and color illustrations ranging from horror and mystery to fantasy and fairytales. The artbank is a work in progress in total there are over 2000 illustrations available from Hans Arnold. Images may be added on request.
