Grimm fairy tales art

Amid the thickest darkness of World War I, a luminous beacon of the magical inside the macabre.

Rapunzel by Toshiaki Kato

Snow White Old Fairytale book illustration

A new translation of the Grimm tales includes artwork from some of the most celebrated illustrators working between 1820 and 1950

As a young girl I used to go and stay with my cousin's family for a week during the school holidays - she had a Grimm's Fairy Tale Book and my favourite story was that of Rapunzel which I used to re-read every time I visited. Something reminded me of that just recently but I couldn't remember much of the story, so I looked it up and this is what I found. A lonely couple, who want a child, live next to a walled garden belonging to an enchantress. The wife, experiencing the cravings…

One of my 2009 personal illustration projects.

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Wicked~

Three hundred sixty miles and 55 stops exploring the real and imagined worlds of the Grimm brothers and their famous fairy tales.