2007-02-08

Arthur Rackham

How many corbies was that again?.

So how come I have never heard of Arthur Rackham before? Because this is my new favorite portrait of my favorite birds--whether twa or any other number of them. And I was just nosing around the Internet and I found all sorts of other terrific Rackham illustrations. Have you seen him do Alice in Wonderland? Great stuff. What an artist! What a fantastic body of work!

But, on the other hand, he is dead....
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6 comments:

  1. John2/08/2007 10:26 AM

    Awesome Th! I love Alice in Wonderland. AND the name Rackham. my favourite post this week!

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  2. Th.2/08/2007 10:46 AM

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    Thanks! I must be on a role!

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  3. Snow Whiteley2/09/2007 8:00 AM

    Love the illustrations. Also, gotta say that the site being in French made me feel so much more cultured today.

    Thanks for the heads up on the illustrator

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  4. Liam Quin2/10/2007 1:45 PM

    Thanks for linking back to fromoldbooks for the twa corbies.

    He might be dead but you know, all the best guys are dead, and they stole all our good ideas :-)

    Liam

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  5. Th.2/11/2007 5:33 PM

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    My pleasure. And, Liam, if you're part of that website, thank you for that service. It's a great site and I look forward to watching it grow!

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  6. John Shelley7/01/2009 1:21 AM

    Well they don't make 'em like they used to. Rackham (1867-1939) is one of the greatest illustrators to come out of the UK, if not THE greatest illustrator.

    This illustration is from "Some British Ballads" published in 1919.

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