Kay Nielsen

Featuring 15 Scandinavian fairy tales ? including the popular "Billy Goat's Gruff"? this is one of the most stunning children's books ever produced. The text is lavished with 25 intricately detailed color and numerous black-and-white images that glow with Nielsen's phantasmagorical style.

Old Tales from the North

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Presents illustrated versions of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" and six other, less well-known fairy tales from France and other sources.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales

La réédition par TASCHEN d'À l'Est du Soleil et à l'Ouest de la Lune pour son centième anniversaire donne un nouveau souffle au célèbre recueil de quinze contes populaires nordiques, illustrés par l'artiste danois bien-aimé Kay Nielsen, l'un des plus grands illustrateurs de livres pour enfants de tous les temps. Reproduisant la précieuse...

Contes anciens du nord

A l'est du soleil et à l'ouest de la lune

Compilation of illustrations from four children's books.

Nielsen's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color

Brothers Grimm

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children. Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) was a Danish illustrator of the golden age of illustration. He was influenced by Japanese art and the Swedish fairy tale illustrator John Bauer and contributed to the Art Nouveau movement. His illustrations are bold, and vibrant - often reproduced by a 4-colour process which set him apart from his contemporaries who typically used a 3-colour process. His art is characterised by long, swooping lines, open spaces and a certain macabre quality and his ephemeral illustrations are intricately inventive, flirting with implausibility. The shift in taste from fantasy to realism after WWII meant that Nielsen did not retain his pre-war popularity. However, interest in his exquisite illustrations has since been revived, and they now command a high price in today's art world.

Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm - Illustrated by Kay Nielsen

Enchanting images from Nielsen's illustrations for the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Nordic fables from East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. 59 illustrations.

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