The Golden age of illustration Happened between 1880-1920's and was an excellent time for illustration in magazines and books and much more. It came about due to advances in new technologies, granting artists with new, more precise and less expensive ways of reproducing there art and also because the demand for art work for commercial purposes was growing larger, rapidly.
The golden Age artists of Europe were heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and by design movements like Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Some of the leading artists in Europe at this time were Arthur Rackham (fig2), Kay Nielsen (fig2), Walter Crane (fig3).. In this I will be talking about Arthur Rackham.
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Arthur Rackham was born in September 19 1867 In London. He went to the Lambeth School of Art, and joined the Royal Watercolour Society and the society Nationale des Beaux Arts, he also became the Master of the Art Workers Guild. He illustrated many amazing books including Alice in wonderland 1907 (fig4), Peter Pam in Kensington Gardens 1906 and The wind in the Willows (his last work).
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He has won two Gold medals, one in Milan (1906) and one in Barcelona (1911) and now today his works are still much loved, actively sought out and collected.
It has been said that Rackham is the "leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period".
Rackham's works for the Grimm brothers, Hans Anderson and Poe show him at his best in my opinion, these are his most imaginative works. (fig5)
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Bibliography
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI8018571/
http://www.art.co.uk/products/p14499781061-sa-i6747261/walter-crane-swan-rush-and-iris-wallpaper-design.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=0&dimVals=5000345&ui=5C7FB801196647B8818B58E9746A1CF6
http://rackham.artpassions.net
http://50watts.com/Golden-Age-Illustrator-Kay-Nielsen
http://arthur-rackham-society.org/about_the_artist.html
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