Arthur rackham fairies

For the final post in this series on illness, I'd like to look at illness's aftermath: that tricky transition from the slow, deep work of recuperation back to the bustling workaday world, the final part of the fairy tale journey...

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

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

Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator. “Undine” (novella) by Friedrich de la Motte FouquéI - Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight in order to gain a soul. Contains some themes similar to “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen. Read online: archive.org/stream/undine00lamo#page/n7/mode/2up

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

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

I know it was Shakespeare’s year last year (400 years – I suppose waiting for 500 might be asking too much) so I’m a little late celebrating by continuing this series of posts fea…

Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire! I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon’s sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, …