Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939)
Nationality: British
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Media: Illustration
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Biography:
Arthur Rackham is remembered for his children’s book illustrations, particularly Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, which was published in 1900. His work was highly popular until World War I and his only competition was Edmund Dulac. After World War I, the market for children’s book decreased, but Rackham’s work still sold in galleries.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Arthur Rackham, Gulliver"s Encounter with a Frog, 1909
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Arthur Rackham, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Looking very undancey indeed", illustration no. 45 referring to page 97 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "She ran to St. Govor"s Well and hid", illustration no. 38 referring to page 85 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "They will certainly mischief you", illustration no. 49 referring to page 124 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "They warned her", illustration no. 41 referring to page 90 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Peter screamed out, "Do it again"...", illustration no. 16 referring to page 35 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "If the bad ones among the fairies happen to be out", illustration no. 48 referring to page 124 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "There now arose a might storm, and he was tossed this way and that", illustration no. 1 and frontispiece in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "They all tickled him on the shoulder", illustration no. 34 referring to page 68 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "When her Majesty wants to know the time", illustration no. 29 referring to page 64 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "One day they were overheard by a fairy", illustration no. 35 referring to page 81 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "After this the birds said they would help him no more in his mad enterprise", illustration no. 18 referring to page 36 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The fairies of the Serpentine", illustration no. 8 referring to page 15 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "I think that quite the most touching sight in the Gardens...", illustration no. 50 referring to page 125 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Peter Pan is the fairies" orchestra" , illustration no. 33 referring to page 66 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Away he flew, right over the houses to the Gardens", illustration no. 11 referring to page 22 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Queen Mab, who rules in the Gardens", illustration no. 42 referring to page 91 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The Serpentine is a lovely lake...", illustration no. 7 referring to page 15 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "An elderberry hobbled across the walk...", illustration no. 39 referring to page 87 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The lady with the balloons, who sits just outside", illustration no. 3 referring to page 2 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Butter is got from the roots of old trees", illustration no. 31 referring to page 65 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The fairies are exquisite dancers", illustration no. 26 referring to page 63 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "But if you look and they fear there is no time to hide...", illustration no. 25 referring to page 57 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "When they think you are not looking they skip along pretty lively", illustration no. 24 referring to page 57 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "A hundred flew off with the string...", illustration no. 17 referring to page 36 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Put his strange case before old Solomon Caw", illustration no. 15 referring to page 27 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The fairies have their tiffs with the birds", illustration no. 12 referring to page 24 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Fairies are all more or less in hiding until dusk", illustration no. 23 referring to page 50 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Building the house for Maimie", illustration no.47 referring to page 103 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "Fairies never say, "We feel happy"...", illustration no. 44 referring to page 97 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "An afternoon when the Gardens were white with snow", illustration no. 37 referring to page 82 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "My Lord Duke", said the physician elatedly...", illustration no. 46 referring to page 97 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "For years he had been quietly filling his stocking", illustration no. 20 referring to page 40 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, A band of workmen, who were sawing down a toadstool...", illustration no. 14 referring to page 25 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "There is almost nothing that has such a keen sense of fun as a fallen leaf", illustration no. 6 referring to page 6 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, ""Preposterous!", cried Solomon in a rage", illustration no. 19 referring to page 38 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The fairies sit round on mushrooms, and at first they are well behaved", illustration no. 30 referring to page 65 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The Kensington Gardens are in London, where the King lives", illustration no. 2 referring to page 1 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907
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Arthur Rackham, "The Hump, which is part of the Broad Walk where all the big races are run", illustration no. 5 referring to page 6 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907), 1907

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