Original post by GalcheLet's laugh with them:
"Laughing old ladies" - Inge Löök (Inge Look)
These watercolor drawings sold as postcards in Finland. Believe me, no one is indifferent: they are bought up instantly.
Old age is natural process, but how to treat it (as an option, fun and with interest), these grannies demonstrate by their own example!
Here is an already famous series of postcards called “Anarkistiset mummot”.
How to translate this? Literally translated from Finnish: “Anarchist grandmothers.”
On the Internet they are known as "Old Ladies".
Here we don’t call them anything: “laughing old ladies”,
"Merry old ladies"
"Positive grannies"
"Terrible grannies"
"Restless Old Women"
"Crazy Old Ladies"
And "Old Pepper Shakers".
The cheerful old women who do not want to grow old were made famous by the Finnish artist Inge Löök.
Inge Løk is an illustrator and gardener, born in Helsinki (Finland) in 1951.
Graduated high school in 1972.She graduated as a landscape designer in 1974, and the University of Arts and Education Centre for graphic designer graduated in 1979.
She worked as a gardener for six years in search of herself, until a friend asked her to draw several cartoons for the newspaper.
Then there were magazine illustrations, postcards, calendars and, ultimately, Inge decided to work as an independent artist.
I drew more than 300 cards, about half of which were on Inge’s favorite Christmas theme.
The artist also illustrates books and magazines, especially on gardening topics.
But Inge Löök’s greatest fame came from her series in a funny caricature style “Anarkistisista mummot korteistaan” - postcard pictures depicting cheerful grannies who do not want to grow old.
The first drawing of grandmothers appeared in 2003.
The names of my best friends are Fifi and Alli.
Inge herself says: “I would like people to stop sometimes and not rush headlong from one project to another. So that they can be happy with what they have.
It seems to me that one of the holy truths of life is life in currently. I myself struggle all the time to ensure that the value of the current second is remembered”...
You know, the funny dream that has already become a popular joke?
I want to have a friend in my old age whom I could call and shout with enthusiasm in an old, trembling voice: “Well, old pepper shaker, when are we going to spend our pension?!”
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If you feel sad on an autumn evening, wrap yourself in a blanket and admire the paintings Finnish artist Inge Löök. Incredibly positive stories about two funny old ladies will definitely lift your spirits!
Inge Löök is a pseudonym, the real name of the artist is Ingeborg Lievonen. She is a landscape designer, but now works as a freelance illustrator. The cycle “Anarkistiset mummot korteistaan” (“Laughter old ladies”) is very popular in Finland. This is a series of postcards and calendars, the main characters of which are two incredibly positive and restless grannies, enjoying every minute of life.
When Inge was a little girl, two elderly ladies lived next door to her - Alli and Fifi. The old ladies had a cheerful disposition and were so memorable to Inga that many years later they inspired her to create a whole series of postcards telling about the lives of reckless and resilient friends.
Illustrations with lively grandmothers not only lift your spirits, but also invite you to think about your attitude to life. We wish everyone not to lose heart and remember - there is nothing good or bad in the world, but what we think about it makes it so.
“I would like people to stop sometimes and not rush headlong from one project to another. So that they can be happy with what they have. It seems to me that one of the sacred truths of life is living in the present moment. I myself struggle all the time to ensure that the value of the current second is remembered.”
Inge herself
Inge Look was born in Helsinki in 1951.
She graduated from high school and graduated as a landscape designer in 1974. In 1979 she graduated from the University of Arts and Educational Center for Graphic Design, after which she worked as a gardener for 6 years.
One day, a friend asked her to draw some cartoons for a newspaper.
Then there were magazine illustrations, postcards, calendars and, eventually, in 1979
Inge Look decided to work as an independent artist.
She drew more than 300 drawings, about half of which were on the theme of Christmas. These drawings are sold in Finland as postcards.
Illustrates books and magazines. For her illustrations, she takes inspiration from her surroundings or life.
Inge Look in Finnish.
Unfortunately, about Inge Look in Russian
on Wikipedianothing is written.
The series “anarkistisistamummokorteistaan” brought her the greatest fame: “Merry Ladies”, “Laughing Old Ladies” - cheerful grannies who do not want to grow old named Fifi and Annie.
The first drawing appeared in 2003. To date, there are 36 different images of "Jolly Old Ladies".
Inge Look now lives in Pernaia, the place where Agricola, a religious reformer, translator and progenitor of the written Finnish language, was born in the 1510s.
If you feel sad on an autumn evening, wrap yourself in a blanket and admire the paintings of Finnish artist Inge Löök. Incredibly positive stories about two funny old ladies will definitely lift your spirits!
Inge Löök is a pseudonym, the real name of the artist is Ingeborg Lievonen. She is a landscape designer, but now works as a freelance illustrator. The cycle “Anarkistiset mummot korteistaan” (“Laughter old ladies”) is very popular in Finland. This is a series of postcards and calendars, the main characters of which are two incredibly positive and restless grannies, enjoying every minute of life.
When Inge was a little girl, two elderly ladies lived next door to her - Alli and Fifi. The old ladies had a cheerful disposition and were so memorable to Inga that many years later they inspired her to create a whole series of postcards telling about the lives of reckless and resilient friends.
Illustrations with lively grandmothers not only lift your spirits, but also invite you to think about your attitude to life. We wish everyone not to lose heart and remember - there is nothing good or bad in the world, but what we think about it makes it so.
