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  • Eye Candy for Today: Kay Nielsen illustration for “East of the Sun and West of the Moon”

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    Kay (pronounced “kigh”, rhymes with “sky”) Nielsen was a Danish illustrator — active in the early 20th century — who was known in particular for his illustrations for the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon. This is one example.

  • Eye Candy for Today: illustration by Kay Nielsen

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    I believe this illustration by turn of the 20th century Danish illustrator Kay (pronounced “kigh”) Neilsen is for a collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales that included The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Image sourced from poulwebb.blogspot.com.

  • Kay Nielsen’s illustrations for East of the Sun and West of the Moon

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    East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a classic Norwegian book of fairy tales, most famously illustrated in a 1914 edition by the superb Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen. Taschen has just published a new deluxe, slipcased edition of the book. I haven’t personally seen it yet, but judging from other Taschen volumes,…

  • Kay Nielsen

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    Danish artist Kay (pronounced “Kigh”) Nielsen was one of the great illustrators of the period from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries that is usually referred to as the “Golden Age of Illustration”. Nielsen is often mentioned in the same sentence with two other amazing illustrators, who were at the top of an…

  • Dugald Stewart Walker

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    Dugald Stewart Walker was one of the less well known American illustrators active in the early 20th century, basically in the latter part of the “Golden Age” of illustraion. His style was in keeping with other great illustrators of the time, notably, I think, those from Europe and the UK, like Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham,…

  • Akiya Kageichi

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    Japanese illustrator Akiya Kageichi, who also goes by the handle “Golden Gravel” draws nicely complex line and color compositions that often appear layered, or have a collage-like character to their arrangement. His interesting use of fine line, color, texture and pattern give your eye a lot to play with as you wander through his images.…