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Arthur Rackham (September 19, 1867 – September 6, 1939) was a prolific British book illustrator.
Life He was born in London as one of 12 children. At the age of 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892 he quit his clerk job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893. From then, until his death in 1939, he illustrated innumerable books. In 1903, he married Edyth Starkie, with whom he had one daughter, Barbara, in 1908. Rackham won a gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906 and another one at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1911. His works were included in numerous exhibitions, including one at the Louvre in Paris in 1914. Arthur Rackham died 1939 of cancer in his home in Limpsfield, Surrey. Works Major works of Arthur Rackham include the children's books Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1900), Rip van Winkle (1905), Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906), and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1907) and many others. While he may be best known for his elaborate children's literature illustrations, he also illustrated books for adult readers, e.g. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1908), Undine (1909), The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie (1911) (also known as Das Rheingold), short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and several fairy tale books. Gallery Image:Jack and the Beanstalk Giant - Project Gutenberg eText 17034.jpg|"Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman." Illustration to a 1918 English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel Image:Sangreal.jpg|"How at the Castle of Corbin a Maiden Bare in the Sangreal and Foretold the Achievements of Galahad", from The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, by Alfred W Pollard, 1917 Image:Rackham elves.jpg|"To make my small elves coats." Illustration to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Image:Rackham fairy ring.jpg|"Come, now a roundel." Illustration to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Image:Galligantus - Project Gutenberg eText 17034.jpg|"The giant Galligantua and the wicked old magician transform the duke's daughter into a white hind", Illustration to English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel Image:Cormoran - Project Gutenberg eText 17034.jpg|"The giant Cormoran was the terror of all the country-side.", Illustration to English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel Image:The Three Bears - Project Gutenberg eText 17034.jpg|"The Three Bears", Illustration to English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel Image:Siegfried awakens Brunnhilde.jpg|"Siegfried awakens Brünnhilde" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" Image:Giants and Freia.jpg|"The giants seize Freya", Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" Image:Nornsweaving.jpg|"Norns weaving destiny" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" Image:Waltraute confronts.jpg|"Brünnhilde is visited by her Valkyrie sister Waltraute" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" Image:Alberich hagen.jpg|"Alberic speaking to Hagen" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" Image:Siegfried rhinemaidens.jpg|"Rhein maidens warn Siegfried" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" Image:404px-Sigurd kills Fafnir by Rackham.jpg|Sigurd kills Fafnir Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" Image:RingSMALL1.jpg|"The Rhinemaidens try to reclaim their gold" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring" See also | ||||||||
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