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Once Upon a Time . . . A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tale Illustrations

Name: Once Upon a Time . . . A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tale Illustrations
ISBN: 9780486134369

Jeff A. Menges,

192 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

Once Upon a Time . . . A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tale Illustrations

Jeff A. Menges,

About this book

This enchanting gallery transports viewers to a fairy tale world — an ageless fantasy realm inhabited by characters from favorite folktales and depicted by renowned artists. Lovingly reproduced from rare early editions, more than 180 illustrations portray scenes from stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other sources, including ancient Celtic and Norse legends. Breathtaking art, dating from 1882 to 1923, captures the genius of 23 illustrators, including Arthur Rackham, Gustave Doré, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Warwick Goble, and Walter Crane.
The imaginative interpretations include vignettes from "Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Puss in Boots," "The Snow Queen," and scores of other familiar and lesser-known tales. The illustrations, many of which are brilliantly colored, full-page images, appear with a caption that includes the artist's name, the story from which it's drawn, and a descriptive line or direct quotation from the tale. Book lovers of all ages will rejoice in this treasury and its happy marriage of fine art and fairy tales.

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The Plates

ELENORE ABBOTT, 1875-1935

Grimm’s Fairy Tales, 1920
The Wild Swans and Other Stories, 1922

Opposite: The king’s daughter had been carried away by a dragon
“The Four Accomplished Brothers,” Grimm’s Fairy Tales
ELENORE ABBOTT, 1920

Elenore Plaisted Abbott was born in Maine. She studied in Philadelphia and Paris, and was one of a handful of American illustrators who had the good fortune to study with acclaimed commercial illustrator Howard Pyle, who was a professor at Drexel University at the turn of the century. Abbott developed a strong career in the illustration of books (such as Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Swiss Family Robinson) and magazines (Saturday Evening Post and Scribner’s, among others). She painted images for many stories, and fairy tales were a favorite subject.

“Rustle and shake yourself, dear tree, And silver and gold throw down to me”

“Cinderella,” Crimm’s Fairy Tales

ELENORE ABBOTT, 1920

She looked around, and saw six swans come flying through the air

“The Six Swans,” Grimm’s Fairy Tales

ELENORE ABBOTT, 1920

The griffin carried them over the Red Sea

“The Soaring Lark,” Grimm’s Fairy Tales

ELENORE ABBOTT, 1920

“Earthmen, come up!”

“The Two King’s Children,” Grimm’s Fairy Tales

ELENORE ABBOTT, 1920

The Wild Swans
The Wild Swans and Other Stories
ELENORE ABBOTT, 1922

The Marsh King’s Daughter

The Wild Swans and Other Stories

ELENORE ABBOTT, 1922

Opposite: The Red Shoes
“The Red Shoes,” Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales
MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL, 1914

MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL, 1873-1964

Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales, 1914

A successful artist whose work appeared in magazines, advertisements, and children’s books, British illustrator Mabel Attwell developed a visual “trademark” in her depiction of children—the cherub—that made her work instantly recognizable. This imagery served her well, as her work found applications in varied markets and products, from calendars to dolls to nursery items. Attwell’s illustrations appeared in a long list of children’s literature that we regard as classics today, including such tales as Charles Kingsley’s Water Babies and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. J. M. Barrie himself requested that Attwell illustrate a gift edition of Peter Pan and Wendy in 1921.