In 1905, He made his American debut with his illustrations to Rip van Winkle and in 1906, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was published. He first became known for his illustration to Grimm's Fairy Tales. He bagan as an illustrator of children's books, using the then new half-tone process. He studied drawing at evening classes at Lambeth School of Art (1884) for 7 years, at the same time that he was working full-time in insurance. His works appeared in numerous exhibitions, including one at the Louvre in Paris in 1914. He also won a gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906 and another one at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1911. Rackham was made a full member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in 1908. Rackham drew and painted many images of Barbara. They had one child, a daughter, Barbara, in 1908. His first book illustration was published in 1893.Īrthur Rackham married Edyth Starkie in 1903. In 1892 he quit his clerk job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. At 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying at the Lambeth School of Art, where he studied for seven years. ~XineAnnĪrthur Rackham's (1867-1939) haunting and dreamlike style has added to the enchantment and fantasy of the children'sĪrthur Rackham began his career as a prolific English illustrator at the end of

All the images are still there and I have more yet to scan and post. To remedy that, I've created links to subpages. However, this page came to load so slowly that many people experience incomplete page load. Arthur Rackham Art and Illustrations Yes, there are Arthur Rackham images on this page! I probably have more Arthur Rackham art online than anywhere else on the net ('puffs up chest proudly').

Arthur rackham cinderella illustrations