The Fantastic Line Art of Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham, Jeff A. Menges

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780486814223
• eBook ISBN: 9780486825960
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Artist Monographs

Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration, which encompassed the years 1890 until the end of World War I. The acclaim for the artist's wealth of color illustrations has overshadowed the merit of his first-rate ink work, a genre richly deserving of individual attention. This original volume, the first available collection of Rackham's line art, features images from throughout his career, including illustrations for Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and some rare periodical work.
In addition, this compilation presents two seldom-seen magazine features on the artist: "Arthur Rackham: The Wizard at Home," a 1905 article from The International Studio, and "Arthur Rackham: A Painter of Fantasies," a 1914 article from St. Nicholas Magazine. These articles, not reprinted in over a century, contain pictures of Rackham's studio and residence as well as some stories of his own commentary. Together with scores of strange and wonderful illustrations, they provide fresh insights into the work of the artist known as "the Beloved Enchanter."

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Arthur Rackham: A Painter of Fantasies, A. L. Baldry The International Studio London, April 1905
• Arthur Rackham: The Wizard at Home, Eleanor Farjeon St. Nicholas Magazine London, March 1914
• The Ingoldsby Legends Thomas Ingoldsby George Bell & Sons, London, 1898
• Gulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World Jonathan Swift J. M. Dent & Co, New York, 1900
• Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Freemantle & Co., London, 1900
• Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1905
• The Land of Enchantment Jeanie Lang (ed.) Cassell & Co., London, 1907
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare William Heinemann, London, 1908
• Undine Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué William Heinemann, London, 1909
• The Rainbow Book Mabel Henriette Spielmann Chatto and Windus, London, 1909
• The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie Richard Wagner William Heinemann, London, 1910
• Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods Richard Wagner William Heinemann, London, 1911
• Aesop’s Fables Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones Introduction by G. K. Chesterton William Heinemann, London, 1912
• Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens J. M. Barrie Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1912
• Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures Arthur Rackham William Heinemann, London, 1913
• A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens William Heinemann, London, 1915
• Little Brother and Little Sister Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Constable & Co., New York, 1917
• The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Sir Thomas Malory Macmillan & Co., London & New York, 1917
• English Fairy Tales Flora Annie Steel Macmillan & Co., London & New York, 1918
• The Springtide of Life: Poems of Childhood Algernon Charles Swinburne William Heinemann, London, 1918
• Snowdrop and Other Tales Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Constable & Co., New York, 1920
• Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens Macmillan & Co., London & New York, 1920
• A Wonder Book Nathaniel Hawthorne Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1922
• The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1931