"Fantasy" Illustrators of the Turn of the Century

Edmund Dulac ----the differences---- Arthur Rackham

Like the contrasts between the Asia Minor inspired Maenads and the tradition respecting Theban ruler. The linear structured characteristic of Pentheus can be joined with the colourful, and liveliness of the Maenads.
In this setting I would probably imagine the Maenads as frightfully beautiful instead of brutally fierce and dishevelled.

Edmund Dulac:

• Orientalism
• Colours

Princess Badoura and the Prince 1913

Princess Badoura, 1913

 The Story of the Princess of Deryabar, 1907

The Snow Queen, 1911

The Nightingale

Arthur Rackham:

• Traditional
• Lines

Baby Bunting

The Wind in the Willows- Kenneth Grahame, "Stand awawy from the window, please, madam; you're obstructing the other passengers!" original watercolour illustration, 1940.

From "A Treasury of The Great Children's Book Illustrators", Meyer, E. Susan. New York: Abradale Press, 1983.

Titania

"Suddenly the branches twined around her..." From Little Brother and Little Sister, the Brother's Grimm, 1917. From The Golden Age

Iris with the plumed bow

More to come later!