Thursday, October 12, 2006
Media: Arthur Rackham's Grimm's Fairy Tales Part One
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Today, I have a lot of images to post, so I'm going to keep my comments short. If you aren't familiar with the work of Arthur Rackham, see Bud Plant's biography.These scans are from a first edition from 1909. This book is packed with amazing color plates and ink sketches. If you would like to see more from this book, let me know in the comments below.
For more beautiful images from this book, see... Rackam's Grimm's Fairy Tales Part Two
It's interesting to compare Rackham's take on Grimm's Fairy Tales to Gustaf Tenggrens' illustrations of the same stories...
Tenggren's Grimm's Fairy Tales Part One and Part Two)
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3 Comments:
I'm so glad you've posted Rackhman. I've loved the Grimm images so far.
I've shown them to my parents and grandparents and all were near tears.
Please do post more.
Thanks,
Brother Rabbit/Jeramy
Nice going Steve! The Rackham pictures are some of the best that I've ever seen and the color reproduction is terrific! In these pictures Rackham comes across as an artist of real weight. The pictures are full of mood and atmosphere and mystery. The picture of the old lady scuttling up the hair is nightmarish.
I've seen books on Rackham's work before but the selection you put up is the best argument I've ever seen for elevating this man to the top rank of illustrators.
Glad you like them, Eddie. I have more images from this book that I'll post next weekend.
Steve
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