It was already in the youth of the Englishman Arthur Rackham that he would one day become a great artist. But Rackham, born in London, was completely inspired to become an artist when, at the age of only 17, he made a journey to faraway Australia. He began to capture everything on his journey in drawings and watercolours. This irrepressible passion for art later made him an important illustrator of our time.
As was the case with many artists, the Rackham family was also against the artistic ambitions of the young son. Against his father's will, the gentle rebel enrolled at the Lambeth School of Art. During the day, he worked in an office in order to avoid straining his relationship with his family. He worked tirelessly on his drawings after hours. He also worked as an illustrator for newspapers, sometimes for Westminster Budget Newspaper. In his free artistic work Rackham was mainly interested in book illustrations. Here he could give free rein to his creativity.
Rackham's entry into book illustration began with a travel guide entitled To the Other Side: a guide to Canada and the United States. It was the first book he illustrated that was published. He also breathed life into the famous fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm with his drawings. Rackham's watercolors for Lewis Carroll's famous story of Alice in Wonderland were also a great success and left a lasting impression on the childhood of many generations. Illustration for fairy tales, narratives and fantasy became Rackham's beloved genre.
Its drawing style is reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley, but is still unique and outstandingly different. His pictures are bursting with fantasy, ingenuity and attention to detail. In 1905 he established himself as the leading decorative illustrator for the Edwardian period around 1800 with his version of the American tale Rip van Winkle.
Among other things he was an illustrator for classics such as Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Gulliver's Travels, A Christmas Story, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
Rackham was able to secure his deserved place in the history of illustration with his detailed and loving pictures.
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.jpg "The Old Woman in the Wood, from Little Brother and Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, published 1917 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Illustration to the story Catskin, from English Fairy Tales Retold by F. A. Steel, 1927 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Danae and her son Perseus, 1903 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Wotan Turns and Looks Sorrowfully Back at Brünnhilde. Illustration for The Rhinegold and The Valkyr by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Siegfried Forges His Sword. Illustration for Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Wagner by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Brünnhilde on Grane leaps onto the funeral pyre of Siegfried. Illustration for Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Jewels from the Deep, 1909 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Brunnhilde Slowly and Silently Leads Her Horse Down the Path to the Cave, illustration from")
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.jpg "Alice and the Mock Turtle, illustration from Alice")
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.jpg "It was a golden afternoon: the smell of the dust they kicked up was rich and satisfying, from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, pub. 1940 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Enchanted Goblet by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Old Man had to sit by himself and ate his food from a wooden bowl by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Fairies away! We shall chide downright, if I longer stay, illustration from")
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.jpg "Illustration of Two Ducks Carrying a Key from The Queen Bee by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "There was no danger, no trouble of any kind, illustration from")
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.jpg "The ring upon thy hand. Illustration for Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Wagner by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Balloons (illustration from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M Barrie, published 1906) by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Kensington Gardens are in London, where the King lives from")
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.jpg "The Rhinemaidens Teasing Alberich by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Enter: Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed & Peaseblossom (Illustration for Shakespeare")
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.jpg "Alas! Dear Falada, there thou hangest by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Alice and the Falling Pack of Cards by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "She Went Along, and Went Along, and Went Along Catskin, Illustration from English Fairy Tales, Retold by F.A Steel, 1918 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Bob Cratchit Went Down a Slide on Cornhill, from")
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.jpg "How Mordred was slain by Arthur, and how Arthur was mortally wounded by him, illustration from Alfred Pollard")
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.jpg "I Flee for the First Time and Am Pursued by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Huntress Diane by Arthur Rackham")
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_for_The_Dre_-_(MeisterDrucke-982935).jpg "Titania, the queen of fairies. Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) for A Midsummer Night")
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.jpg "The Ride of the Valkyries, illustration from “The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie”, 1910 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "By Day She Made Herself into a Cat?, from The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, published 1909 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "But they said one after another Halloa! Who has been eating off my plate? Who has been drinking out of my cup? by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Fairies Song, from A Midsummer Night")
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.jpg "“Siegfried! Siegfried! Our warning is true: flee, oh flee from the curse!”, from “Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods”, 1910 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "“The Rhine")
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.jpg "The Serpentine is a lovely lake, and there is a drowned forest at the bottom of it. If you peer over the edge you can see the trees all growing upside down, and they say that at night there are also dr by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Sigurd the Dragon Slayer by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Safely in Harbour Is the King")
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.jpg "How at the Castle of Corbin a Maiden Bare in the Sangreal and Foretold the Achievements of Galahad, from Alfred Pollard")
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.jpg "“I am old Philemon!” murmured the oak, illustration from “A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1928 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Furiously Wotan is riding to the rock. Illustration for The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie by Richard by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "“The Norns Vanish”, 1924 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "All amidst the garden")
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.jpg "“...Where often you and I upon faint Primrose-beds were wont to lie, Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet”, illustration from “Midsummer Night")
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.jpg "The son made a circle, and his father and he took places within it, and the little Black man appeared, illustration from The King of the Golden Mountain in The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Trees and the Axe, illustration from Aesop")
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.jpg "The Rhine Maidens, from “Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods” by Richard Wagner, 1911 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "An illustration of a hen, cockerel and squirrel from The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet. by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Taking the keys of the castle, Jack unlocked all the doors, illustration to")
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.jpg "Albrech drives in a band of Nibelungs with gold and silver treasures, from")
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.jpg "The Spider and the Fly, illustration from Aesop")
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.jpg "Danae and her son Perseus put in a chest and cast into the sea, 1914 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "“Alberich drives in a band of Nibelungs with gold and silver treasures”, 1910 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Raging, Wotan rides to the rock! Like a storm-wind he comes!, frontispiece to")
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.jpg "The end of his beard was caught in a tree, illustration from \"Snow White and Rose Red\", from Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1900 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "A hundred flew off with the string, and Peter clung to the tail, from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J. M. Barrie (1860 - 1937), published 1906 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Christmas illustrations, from")
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.jpg "At the third sting the Fox screamed and down went his tail between his legs, from The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, pub. 1909 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Scrooge and The Ghost of Marley, from Dickens")
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.jpg "Christmas illustrations, from")
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.jpg "Mime finds the mother of Siegfried in the forest, illustration from")
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.jpg "An Elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young children ..., from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937), published 1906 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Siegfried leaves Brunnhilde in search of adventure, illustration from")
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.jpg "A Changeling, Illustration from")
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.jpg "There was one who seemed to be their commander, from Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, published 1910 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Old Mother Goose, flying over some children in a red cape and black hat. by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "A Transpontine Cockney by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "A frog wearing top hat and tails, carrying a cane. by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Rhinemaidens obtain possession of the ring and bear it off in triumph, illustration from")
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.jpg "Christmas illustrations, from “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement C. Moore, 1931 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Illustration from Jorinda and Joringel of a black cat. by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Cat and the Cock, illustration from")
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.jpg "Fair Helena, who more engilds the night Than all you fiery oes and eyes of light, illustration from")
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.jpg "They worked themselves into such a rage that they tore up trees by the roots, and hacked at each other till they both fell dead by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Never so weary never so in woe, illustration from")
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.jpg "Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms, illustration from")
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.jpg "Scrooge and Bob Cratchit, from Dickens")
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.jpg "To Hear the Sea-Maids Music, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Son made a circle, and his Father and he took their places within it, and the little black Mannikin appeared, from The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, published 1909 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, pub.1917 by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "The Rhine")
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.jpg "How Queen Guenever rode a-maying into the woods and fields beside Westminster, illustration from")
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.jpg "He used to console himself by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers and other idle personages, which held its sessions before a small inn., from Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving by Arthur Rackham")
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.jpg "To hear the sea-maid")
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.jpg "The pretty maiden skipped through the hoop as lightly as a deer, from Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm by Arthur Rackham")
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