Kay nielsen illustrations

If you’ve seen Fantasia, you are, whether you know it or not, familiar with the work of Kay Nielsen, a Danish artist whose illustrations collide light and dark in sublime, often disquieting quantities, with patterns of feverish detail abutting vast stretches of negative space. His work was used in Fantasia’s “Ave Maria” and “Night on […]

Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge from the golden age of illustration.

Microfiber polyester silky scarf with a slightly transparent effect. Vivid one side print, visible on the reverse. The Twelve Dancing Princesses vintage illustration by Kay Nielsen.

One of the main inspirations behind our November catalog was the work of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen, whose gorgeous imagery has accompanied many of the fairy tales featured in our book. Like the stories themselves, fairytale illustrations stretch the realm of your imagination and allow you to lose yourself in a world where reality doesn’t exist. They are captivating to look at, and would make such amazing wall art.

Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge from the golden age of illustration.

Kay Nielsen knew his way around a fantasy. The Danish illustrator was raised in a “tense atmosphere of art” (his words) during the Golden Era of Illustration – a time when folks one-upped each another with books bearing golden spines and marbled end papers; elaborately illustrated copies of Grimm's

Welcome to our Kay Nielsen illustration gallery. A beautiful collection of vintage illustrations from Kay Nielsen's illustrated books and fairy tales.

Kay Nielsen