Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work (page 1/2)

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Varopus workd by Arthur Rackham, scanned from a variety of sources.

Arthur Rackham died in 1939 and his pictures are out of copyright. I have tied them to pages in Derek Hudson’s book, “Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work” although I have a number of books with pictures by Arthur Rackham; if pictures are not featured in the Hudson book the page numbers will begin with “extra-” but so far i found them all there.

Title: Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work

Author: Hudson, Derek

Published by: Heinemann

City: London

Date: 1960

Total items: 4

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Adrift from The Snow Queen]

Adrift from The Snow Queen

A watercolour painting of a helpless little girl adrift in a rowing boat without moors, on the wrong side of the river from a distant village with a castle. [more...]

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[picture: The giants tore up trees]

The giants tore up trees

This painting was for The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1906). Two giants persenting as male, beardless, dressed in animal skins, barefoot, are each wielding a tree, roots and all, as a weapon, in this watercolour picture of ochre browns. It was facing page 96 in the book of [...] [more...]

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[picture: Dark brown fantasy watercolour border]

Dark brown fantasy watercolour border

This border of symbols, grapes, eyes, and dark daisies, was painted by Arthur Rackham to surround the battle of giants. [more...]

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[picture: initial letter R with small girl]

initial letter R with small girl

An inhabited initial letter “R” drawn for Mother Goose in 1913. [more...]

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Varopus workd by Arthur Rackham, scanned from a variety of sources.

Arthur Rackham died in 1939 and his pictures are out of copyright. I have tied them to pages in Derek Hudson’s book, “Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work” although I have a number of books with pictures by Arthur Rackham; if pictures are not featured in the Hudson book the page numbers will begin with “extra-” but so far i found them all there.


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