![]() ![]() Numerous revisions and reprints by different publishers offered a lot of possibilities to exploit Mr. ![]() ![]() Apart from his already superb line drawing, we can also enjoy his love for silhouettes and signature fusions of colors (the first edition has got only a frontispiece in color, but edition from 1909 presented 40 color pictures!). It showed Rackham's technical skills which were not fully developed yet (many illustrations were replaced in later editions) but were already very characteristic and versatile.This book has a special status from a technical point of view as well: It was no only a great commercial success, it also paved his way to a celebrity status who never stayed without work right to the end of his life and was rapidly getting better and better (and more profitable) deals at publishers. In many ways, this book is considered a breakthrough in his career. Arthur Rackham illustrated a collection of fairy tales by Brothers Grimm in 1900 for the first time. ![]()
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