Turn of the century(ca 1900-1920) KAY NIELSEN Illustrations. - Imgur

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Welcome to our Kay Nielsen illustration gallery. A beautiful collection of vintage illustrations from Kay Nielsen's illustrated books and fairy tales.

Kay Nielsen knew his way around a fantasy. The Danish illustrator was raised in a “tense atmosphere of art” (his words) during the Golden Era of Illustration – a time when folks one-upped each another with books bearing golden spines and marbled end papers; elaborately illustrated copies of Grimm's

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Kay Nielsen, The Chasm 1910

At the turn of the 20th century, a new generation of artist-illustrators brought fresh life to the written word and captured the public’s imagination. Rodney Engen’s new book and exhibition, produced in association with the Dulwich Picture Gallery, explores the magic.

One of the main inspirations behind our November catalog was the work of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen, whose gorgeous imagery has accompanied many of the fairy tales featured in our book. Like the stories themselves, fairytale illustrations stretch the realm of your imagination and allow you to lose yourself in a world where reality doesn’t […]