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Arthur Rackham

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

September 19, 1867

Died

September 06, 1939

Genre

Art

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Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a British illustrator and translator of books in the English and Spanish languages.

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 part-time at the Lambeth School of Art.

In 1892, he quit his job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893 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. Book illustrating then became Rackham's career for the rest of his life.

In 1903, he married Edyth Starkie, wi ...more

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	Rackham's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color by Arthur Rackham, Jeff A. Menges (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rackham's Color Illustrations for Wagner's "Ring" by Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), James Spero (Illustrator), Richard Wagner (Based On Work by) 4.45 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christmas Treasury by Arthur Rackham, Mary Cowles Clark, Alice Ercle Hunt 4.18 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother Goose: Old Nursery Rhymes 3.76 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1913 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book 4.19 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1933 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella by Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), C.S. Evans (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 51 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures by Arthur Rackham, Arthur Quiller-Couch (Introduction) 4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1979 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arthur Rackham by Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), Leo John De Freitas (Introduction), David Larkin (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irish Fairy Tales 3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fairy Tales from Many Lands 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1916 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Like the sundial, my paint box counts no hours but sunny ones.”
― Arthur Rackham

tags: art, painting

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