Arthur Rackham

Amid the thickest darkness of World War I, a luminous beacon of the magical inside the macabre.

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Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was born in London as one of 12 children. 1884 at the age of 17 he was sent on and ocean voyage to Australia to improve his fragile health. At the age of 18 he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892 he left his job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893 in To the Other Side by Thomas Rhodes: The…

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Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator. Twilight dreams 1913…

In Norse mythology, Bifrǫst (/ˈbɪvrɒst/ [1] or sometimes Bilröst or Bivrost) is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Miðgarðr (Earth) and Ásgarðr, the realm of the gods. The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and as Bifröst in the Prose Edda; written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds. Both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda alternately refer to the bridge as Ásbrú (Old…

Pen, Ink and watercolor Harris Museum & Art Gallery, England According to Rackham's biography, this may be associated with the book "Undine." If so, it was understandably not used since mermaids are not featured in the book. Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator

Rip Van Winkle [33] by Washington Irving - 1905 illustrated edition by Arthur Rackham

The botanical detail of Arthur Rackham's book illustrations now in the public domain.