Karin Ageman
Karin Charlotta Ageman née Petersson (1899–1950) was a Swedish artist and illustrator who is remembered for her work as a bookbinder, poster designer and wallpaper pattern creator. In 1939, she was responsible for designing the catalogue for the Swedish exhibits at the 1939 New York World's Fair. From 1945, she taught advertising and book design at Stockholm's Konstfack. Biography Born on 2 July 1899 in Stockholm, Karin Charlotta Pettersson was the daughter of the naval captain Anders Gustaf Pettersson and his wife Frida Charlotta née Malmqvist. She was the eldest of four children. Together with her mother and her siblings, she took the surname Ageman. On successfully completing her school education, Ageman studied art at Stockholm's Högre konstindustriella skolan. Thanks to a scholarship from the Svenska Slöjdföreningen, she made study trips to Paris (1926) and Italy (1927) and spent some time studying in Germany. From 1928 to 1936, she worked at Sveriges Litografiska Tryckerier and Esselte, specializing in advertising. While working for the bookbinder, Frans Beck, in 1928 and 1929, she designed the diplomas for the Nobel Prize in physics and chemistry. Two of her book covers are in the collection of Stockholm's Nationalmuseum, August Brunius' Färg och form and