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Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator.
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culture · English book illustrator (1867–1939) · painter · illustrator · translator · draftsperson · artist · also Arthur Rackham, Rackham
Born 19 September 1867 · Died 6 September 1939 · Q314938
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CU Boulder News & Events: “Toads and Diamonds.” The Arthur Rackham fairy book : a book of old favourites with new illustrations, Arthur Rackham, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott., 1933, pp. 196-199.
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CU Boulder News & Events: “Toads and Diamonds.” The Arthur Rackham fairy book : a book of old favourites with new illustrations, Arthur Rackham, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott., 1933, pp. 196-199.
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CU Boulder News & Events: “The Three Bears.” The Arthur Rackham fairy book : a book of old favourites with new illustrations, Arthur Rackham, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott., 1933, pp. 200-205.
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MutualArt.com: The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. George G. Harrap, 1933, 1933
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1939· 1 entry
Died 1939-09-06.
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1929· 1 entry
The family settled into a newly built property in Limpsfield, Surrey
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1914· 1 entry
Curtailed the market for such quality books, and the public's taste for fantasy and fairies also declined in the 1920s
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1906· 1 entry
And another one at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1912
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1905· 1 entry
That particularly brought him into public attention, his reputation being confirmed the following year with J
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1904· 1 entry
But the couple had one daughter, Barbara, in 1908
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1901· 1 entry
Moved to Wychcombe Studios near Haverstock Hill, and in 1903 married his neighbour Edyth Starkie
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1893· 1 entry
In To the Other Side by Thomas Rhodes, but his first serious commission was in 1894 for The Dolly Dialogues, the collected sketches of Anthony Hope, who later went on to write The Prisoner of Zenda
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1892· 1 entry
Left his job and started working for the Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator
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1884· 1 entry
At the age of 17, he was sent on an ocean voyage to Australia to improve his fragile health, accompanied by two aunts
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1867· 1 entry
Born 1867-09-19.
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