Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is a famous English book illustrator.
He was born in London to a large family. At the age of 18, he began working as a clerk in the Westminster Fire Office and began attending painting and drawing courses at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892, he began working for The Westminster Budget newspaper as a reporter and illustrator. The following year, “To the Other Side” was published with Rackham’s first drawings. However, his first serious work is considered to be the illustrations for a collection of sketches by the English playwright Anthony Hope.
He illustrated virtually all classical literature in English – from Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland to Shakespeare and The Ring of the Nibelungs.
He was repeatedly awarded gold medals at world art exhibitions; in 1914, his personal exhibition was held in the Louvre. The artist’s work is permeated with the style of the Art Nouveau era in which he lived and worked; he was also greatly influenced by the works of George Cruikshank and Aubrey Beardsley.
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