W. H. Walker - Woman Sewing

ink and watercolour

on the back is written "My Lady's Boudoir"

Thomas the Rhymer

[Kinuko Y. Craft]

http://www.kycraft.com/art_gallery0.html

Thomas the Rhymer or True Thomas, was a 13th century Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston (then called "Erceldoune"). He is also the protagonist of the ballad "Thomas the Rhymer" (Child Ballad number 37). He is also the probable source of the legend of Tam Lin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Rhymer

http://www.houseofharden.com/cowdenknowes/rhymer.htm

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Steeleye Span (full version on Youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo3VxbJ0RJ4

Chinese Kunqu Opera: Peony Pavilion

Warwick Goble - Peony Lantern

Cinderella: Ashes, Blood, and the Slipper of Glass - Terri Windling

[Jennie Harbour]

Once upon a time ...

http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/forashs.html

Kate Rusby - Underneath the stars

Arthur Rackham - Fasolt and Fafnir siezing Freia

from Das Rheingold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Rheingold

John William Waterhouse - Undine

1872

oil on canvas

Undine is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul.
In Teutonic folklore, undines are female water-spirits who like to associate with humans. They often join villagers in their dances and merry-making. An undine was created without a soul, but by marrying a mortal and bearing him a child she obtained a soul and with it all the pains and penalties of the human race.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine_(novella)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18752
http://www.dur.ac.uk/c.e.schultze/works/undine.html


Rackham's illustrations
http://www.nocloo.com/gallery2/v/arthur-rackham-undine/
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poem by Jane Yolen
http://www.endicott-studio.com/jMA03Summer/undine.html

Fairport Convention

Robin Lawrie - Snow Queen

Gary Blythe - Beauty and the Beast

The Hergé Museum: Cartoon Character Tintin Gets a Museum

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=31070

Björk Jóga Live

Arthur Rackham - Undine book cover and spine

From: F.H.C. de La Motte Fouqué, Undine ... illustrated by Arthur Rackham. - London: William Heinemann, 1909
http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXSR_=IiiYMttzb05&_IXSP_=0&_MREF_=79818&_IXSS_=archives%3dtrue%26works%3dtrue%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26_IXTRAIL_%3dSearch%2bResults%26books%3dtrue%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d18%26%252asform%3d%252fsearch_form%252fallform%26_IXresults_%3dy%26_IXSESSION_%3d4h6ZlhO54NV%26all_fields%3dRACKHAM&_IXACTION_=display&_IXSPFX_=templates/full/&_IXTRAIL_=Search+Results

Arthur Rackham - The White Rabbit

1907

Pen, ink and watercolour

http://www.leicestergalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/50635

For more of his illustrations from Alice (which think are some of his best)

http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1996

Arthur Rackham - A Young Woman in a Garden

c. 1920

Watercolour on paper

http://www.leicestergalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/13576

I wouldn't have recognised this as a Rackham but Peter Nahum wouldn't get this wrong and when sold it came with correspondance from him.

for examples of his autograph

http://www.tomfolio.com/autographimg.asp?sigid=1078&ret=AGIni

I've owned a number of editions (including firsts) by him over the years and the freshness and use of line and colour still continue to surprise and delight me.

Artist creates pictures by folding paper

Artist Simon Schubert has created an extraordinary collection of pictures - made up of hundreds of tiny folds in paper.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/5382316/Artist-creates-pictures-by-folding-paper.html

Hi Ho - Snow white and the seven dwarfs

Cat Weatherill - Wild Magic - cover by Zdenko Basic

[nb. this doesn't show the silver sparkles on the actual cover which work really well]

What happened to the children lured away by the Pied Piper from Hamelin and what curse was he under. Great book, terrific reader.

http://www.catweatherill.co.uk/index.html

http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/shared/SharedDisplayTable/1,,215338_1,00.html

She was born and raised in Liverpool, where her grandmother saw an angel, her uncle fell off the Liver Building and her grandfather donated his shirt buttons to Beatles’ fans. Now she lives in Wales, a land of mist and magic.
http://www.bebo.com/catweatherill
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Zdenko Basic
Zdenko was born in 1980 in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2005 he graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, receiving an award for Best Graduating Student.Zdenko has illustrated many children's books, and articles for children's magazines. His work has been displayed at the Zagreb carnival, and since 2004 he has been working with the Merlin Theatre as a costume/scenic and graphic designer.In 2006, he won the Sheep in a Box Award for best Croatian picture-book for his work on 'The Story of Chocolate', which also won the Kiklop Award for best book-design.
http://www.fernleigh.co.uk/biogs.htm

Snow Queen - illus by Robin Lawrie

http://www.robinlawrie.com/

Beauty and the Beast - Gary Blythe

from Beauty and the Beast

by Geraldine MacCaughrean

illustrations by Gary Blythe

http://www.artistpartners.com/portfolios/gary_blythe/colour/index.html

Gary Blythe is a successful illustrator, best known for THE WHALE SONG, which won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award, and I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS by Michael Morpurgo. He lives in Merseyside.

Fantasia - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Julianne Moore & Michael Phelps - Little Mermaid - Vanity Fair

Julianne Moore and swimming star Michael Phelps posed in this LITTLE MERMAID-inspired shoot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz for VANITY FAIR magazine.

http://www.warrenandderrick.com/2008/04/julianne-moore.html

Arthur Rackham - Little Niece

Little niece," said Kuhleborn, "forget not that I am here with thee as a guide"

from Undine

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Shaun Tan

[from The Arrival]
http://www.shauntan.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Tan

E. H. Shepard - Design for the cover to The Christopher Robin Story Book

[Design for the cover to The Christopher Robin Story Book showing the Winnie-the-Pooh characters at the Enchanted Place. Drawn and signed by E. H. Shepardabout 1928 Museum no. E.723-1973]

http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/childrens_lives/nursery_rhymes/vespers/index.html

The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird

image from:

http://www.hypnosisaz.com/

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an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in Italian Popular Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Water,_the_Singing_Apple,_and_the_Speaking_Bird">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Water,_the_Singing_Apple,_and_the_Speaking_Bird

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/dancingwater.html

Tom's Midnight Garden - Vanetia Dearden and Chris Ellis

Unicorn Theatre

http://www.kallaway.co.uk/unicorn_pictures17.htm

Busy at the moment ...

I'll only be able to post two posts a day for a couple of months (at least) as I need more time at the moment. At least that will free your dashboards.

Mother Twaddle and her son Jack

from the 1807 book

[The history of Mother Twaddle and the Marvellous Achievements of her Son Jack]

Mother Twaddle is the first edition of a version of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk in verse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk

Humpty Dumpty - illus by W W Denslow

Snow White and Rose Red dolls

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24053772

Sarah Garland

http://www.lauracecil.co.uk/pages/Clients/Clients_PictureBooks/Garland/Garland_home.html

http://www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/issues/98/13706

Monterey Museum of Art to Present Children's Book Art Exhibition

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=30969

http://www.montereyart.org/exhibitions/upcoming.html

Hans Christian Andersen - Father of the Modern Fairy Tale - by Terri Windling

http://www.endicott-studio.com/jMA03Summer/hans.html

I, Coriander by Sally Gardner

cover design by Lydia Corry

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Coriander-Sally-Gardner/dp/1842555049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242648208&sr=8-1

http://www.sallygardner.net/

http://www.sallygardner.net/under108/512.html

This is such a good book combining history (it is set at the time of the English Civil War) and fairies. I couldn't put it down.

Meg Fox

[Of Nettles and Deliverance]
http://www.forthesakeof.com/introandoverviewnettlesdeliverance.html

Debi Gliori

[illustrations from A Very Small by Joyce Dunbar]

http://www.joycedunbar.com/

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Debi Gliori

http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/node/934

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debi_Gliori

Chris Wooding - Malice

http://www.chriswooding.com/malice_book.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/16/malice-chris-wooding-children-books

Chris Riddell - Don Quixote

http://www.chrisriddell.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=41

Iain McCaig

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/gallery/mccaig.html

Alan Lee - Bilbo at the Gate

http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/lee.html

Vovo Tzeng - Snow White in Chinese Version

http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database/art/view.pl?id=36423

Earthsea

One of my favourite fantasy books. I can't find who did this wonderful illustration but the books are (the first three anyway) fantastic in the full sense of that word.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea
This image may be from the brilliant anime version.
http://thecia.com.au/reviews/t/tales-from-earthsea-gedo-senki.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_Earthsea_(film)
The tv version was crap, despite the pretty Kristin Kreuk and was rightly universally panned.

Ralph Steadman - Treasure Island

http://www.ralphsteadman.com/

Alan Snow

http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/culturetourism/libraries/library_services/children/thezone/maxhome/maxwrite-on/realliveauthors/alan_snow.htm