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The Art of Myths

 

 

Welcome to that section of our Virtual Museum highlighting select illustrations from the Collection depicting seminal mythical scenes

from a variety of traditions.

 

Here, you will have the opportunity to connect with masterful illustrations prepared to accompany enduring stories from mythology and

the classics by some of the great artists from the Medieval period through to the Golden Age of Illustration.

 

 

Arthur Rackham's ''The Sea Battle''

Consider the meaning and history of the word "myth" for a moment - the English word is derived from the

Modern Latin word "mythos" that owes its origins to the Greek term "muthos". A variety of beliefs or

stories may be regarded as myths, including:

 

a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a

  people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically

  involving supernatural being or events;

 

a widely held belief or idea about a person or thing; and

 

an exaggerated or idealised conception of a person or thing.

 

 

 

To the left, we show "The Sea Battle" by Arthur Rackham - an

illustration inspired by the Norse Edda of Snorri Sturluson.

 

 

The very nature of the "myth" has been a significant factor in providing fertile ground for artistic endeavours since Antiquity and within

the Collection, there are numerous examples of inspirational artwork from the Medieval period through to the Golden Age of Illustration

that depict scenes from mythic tales. Those illustrations include those focused on: the Old Testament; Buddhist and Persian traditions;

Germanic, Norse and early Russian sagas; Arthurian and Celtic legends; and classic stories surviving from Antiquity.

 

Below, we show some of examples of artwork appearing in our Virtual Museum prepared to depict mythical scenes - to experience more of

associated artwork or that of the relevant artist, simply follow the hyperlinks embedded in the following images and text.

 

 

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A 20x30 inch Art Poster showing Maximilian Liebenwein's ''Rest on the Flight from Egypt''

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To the left, we show one of our 20x30" Fine Art Posters displaying

"Rest on the Flight from Egypt" by Maximilian Liebenwein.

 
         

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these powerful images from the Collection.

 

Illustrations of Myths from great Medieval, Renaissance and Golden Age artists

 

The Expulsion from Paradise

"The Nuremberg Chronicle" (1493)

 

 

St Michael Fighting the Dragon

"Apocalipsis cum Figuris" (1498)

 

'The Expulsions from Paradise' in ''The Nuremberg Chronicle''

Detail from 'The Expulsions from Paradise' in ''The Nuremberg Chronicle''   Albrecht Durer's 'St Michael Fighting the Dragon' in ''Appocalipsis cum Figuris''

Detail from Albrecht Durer's 'St Michael Fighting the Dragon' in ''Appocalipsis cum Figuris''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Fine Art Poster (11x14'')

Code: NC VII (11x14)
Price: US$55.00

 

 Fine Art Poster (12x18'')

Code: AD SMFD (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

This illustration from "The Nuremberg Chronicle" depicts two elements of the Biblical

tale of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden: to the right, Adam

and Eve are shown eating from the 'Tree of Knowledge'; and, on the left, the pair are

being driven from Paradise by one of the Cherubim - members of one of the nine choirs

of Angels - appointed by God to guard the earthly Paradise from the couple's return.

 

"The Nuremberg Chronicle" - the masterpiece of Hartmann Schedel -  is among one

of the most famous titles to have been created and is known variously as "Liber

Chronicarum", "Die Schedelsche Weltchronik" and - in English - "The Nuremberg

Chronicle". It is a magnificent work arising from the collaboration of figures from the

German Renaissance. Schedel's compilation includes illustrations from artists such

as: Michael Wohlgemuth; Wilhelm Pleydenwurff; and Albrecht Dürer.

 

"The Nuremberg Chronicle" was printed and published by Anton Koberger.

 

For more information on "The Nuremberg Chronicle" and other illustrations of the

period, we invite you to peruse our Medieval and Renaissance Collection.

 

 

 

 

This illustration from "Apocalipsis cum Figuris" depicts a passage from the

"Book of Revelation", Revelation 12:7:

 

... and there was war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought

against the Dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels ...

 

Albrecht Dürer's suite of illustrations known as the "Apocalypse" were first

published in 1498 under the title "Apocalipsis cum Figuris". For that seminal

First Edition, the set of 15 plates was published simultaneously in Latin and

German.

 

Based upon the Biblical "Book of Revelation", wherein the destruction of the

wicked, the overthrow of Satan and the establishment of a new kingdom of

Christ is described in florid allegorical fashion, "Apocalipsis cum Figuris"

included some of Dürer's most powerful illustrations.

 

For more information on Albrecht Dürer, we invite you to peruse our

Albrecht Dürer Collection that includes some of his seminal work,

including:

 

his suite of illustrations accompanying the Revelations of St John -

  known as ''Apocalipsis cum Figuris'';

 

his suite of illustrations known as ''The Large Passion'';

 

his suite of illustrations known as ''The Life of the Virgin'';

 

his suite of illustrations known as ''The Small Passion'';

 

his suite of illustrations known as ''The Engraved Passion'';

 

''The Sea Monster'';

 

''Adam and Eve'';

 

''Knight, Death and the Devil'';

 

''St Jerome in his Study'';

 

''Melancolia I'';

 

''The Abduction of Proserpine'';

 

''Saint Anthony'';

 

his portrait of ''Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg''; and

 

his magnificent series of plates comprising the ''Great Triumphal

  Chariot of Maximilian I''.

 

 

Plate 118

''Opera'' (1502)

 

 

Plate 101

''Theuerdank'' (1517)

 

The Master of the Gruninger Workshop - Plate 118 from the 1502 Editions of Vergil's ''Opera''

The Master of the Gruninger Workshop - Plate 118 from the 1502 Editions of Vergil's ''Opera'' (Detail)   Plate 101 from the 1517 Edition of ''Theuerdank'' Detail from Plate 101 of the 1517 Edition of ''Theuerdank''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Fine Art Poster (11x14'')

Code: PVM O M118 (11x14)
Price: US$55.00

 

Fine Art Poster (18x24'')

Code: BBS T C101 (18x24)
Price: US$150.00

 

This illustration depicts that portion of the 'Aenied' - from Vergil's "Opera" - wherein

Aeneis and the Sybil meet Palinurus on the shores of the Cocytus on their approach

to the entrance to Hades. Charon is shown approaching across the river Styx.

 

"Opera" is the collected works of Publius Vergilius Maro (known as Vergil) - a

classical Roman poet. It includes his 'Eclogues', 'Georgics' and the 'Aeneid'.

 

Some time before 1502, an artist - now only known as 'the Master of the Grüninger

workshop' prepared a series of woodcuts to accompany a volume edited by Sebastian

Brant (the author of "Das Narrenschiff", or, "The Ship of Fools"). Subsequently, that

series of woodcuts has become recognized as one of the greatest collections to have

been published.

 

For more information on the Brant edition of "Opera" and other illustrations of the period,

we invite you to peruse our Medieval and Renaissance Collection.

 

 

 

 

"Theuerdank" - the longer variant of the title is "Die geuerlicheiten un einsteils

der geschichten des loblichen streytparen und hochberümbten helds und

Ritters heer Tewrdannckhs" (literally translated as "The Adventures of the

honourable, valorous and far-famed knight, Sir Theuerdank") - was one of

three works commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I intended to chronicle

his life. The other works were "Der Weisskunig" and "Freydal". Of the three

titles, "Theuerdank" was the only tale to be completed and published prior to

his death - the text and woodblocks for "Der Weisskunig" had been

finalised, but remained unpublished.

 

Our Medieval and Renaissance Collection includes every illustration

from ''Theuerdank'' and a magnificently preserved example of

''Der Weisskunig''.

 

 

 

Galatea

(1880)

Gustave Moreau

 

 

Les Océanides

(1860)

Gustave Doré

 

Gustave Moreau's ''Galatea''

Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Galatea''   Gustave Dore's ''Les Oceanides'' Detail from Gustave Dore's ''Les Oceanides''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

Fine Art Poster (18X24'')

Code: GM G (18X24)
Price: US$150.00

 

Fine Art Poster (12x18'')

Code: GM LO (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

Moreau's "Galatea" depicts a scene from the tale of the king, Pygmalion, that

became so obsessed with a statue that the goddess Venus to brought the statue

to life and united the two in marriage.

 

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) was a French Symbolist painter.

 

He developed an interest in depicting mythological and religious themes through influences including those of his initial artistic training and his social network.

 

Moreau has been quoted as providing the following description of his artistic

interests and goals:

 

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction

towards the abstract. The expression of human feelings and the

passions of man certainly interest me deeply, but I am less

concerned with expressing the motions of the soul and mind

than to render visible, so to speak, the inner flashes of intuition

which have something divine in their apparent insignificance

and reveal magic, even divine horizons, when they are

transposed into the marvelous effects of pure plastic art.

 

For more information on Gustave Moreau and to see more of his art, we invite you to peruse our Gustave Moreau Collection.

 

 

 

 

Doré's "Les Océanides" provides an interpretation of the mythic "Okeanides" from Greek

mythology, the three thousand goddess Nymphs controlling the world's fresh water.

 

The genius of Gustave Doré is one of the marvels of 19th Century art.

 

The range of Pagan and Christian imagery exhibited through his work belies a colossal

imagination and a magnificent apprehension of all possible conditions of human experience.

His lofty insight into the mysteries of Spiritual existence as reflected from Earthly actualities

entitle him to be classed among the great creative geniuses of all time.

 

For more information on Gustave Doré, we invite you to peruse our Gustave Doré Collection

that includes some of his seminal work, including his suite of illustrations for:

 

the ''Holy Bible'';

 

Michaud's ''History of the Crusades'';

 

Dante's ''Inferno'' and ''Purgatory and Paradise''; and

 

Milton's ''Paradise Lost''.

The Twelfth Labor of Hercules

Arthur Rackham

 

 

The Lad in the Bear's skin and the King of Arabia's daughter

Kay Nielsen

 

Arthur Rackham's ''The Twelfth Labor of Hercules''

Detail from Arthur Rackham's ''The Twelfth Labor of Hercules''   Kay Nielsen's 'The Lad in the Bear's skin and the King of Arabia's daughter' for ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'' Detail from Kay Nielsen's 'The Lad in the Bear's skin and the King of Arabia's daughter' for ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

Fine Art Poster (18x24'')

Code: AR TLH (18x24)
Price: US$150.00

 

Fine Art Poster (18x24'')

Code: KN BB (18x24)
Price: US$150.00

 

This powerful illustration from Rackham was inspired by the tale of the 'Twelfth Labor of

Hercules' within the "Library" of Apollodorus - wherein Hercules was to bring Cerberus from

Hades.

 

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is one of the great artists associated with the Golden Age of

Illustration.

 

His illustrations are characterised by a sinuous pen line softened with muted watercolour - a

feature that is typical of the Art Nouveau aesthete. Rackham's forests are looming with

frightening grasping roots, his fair maidens are sensuous - yet somehow chaste - and his

ogres and trolls ugly enough to repulse, but with sufficient good nature not to frighten.

 

For more information on Arthur Rackham and to see more of his art, we invite you to peruse

our Arthur Rackham Collection.

 

 

 

 

This illustration from Nielsen is one of a suite prepared for "East of

the Sun and West of the Moon" - an English adaptation of a selection

of Norse legends from the "Norske Folkeeventyr" of Asbjörnsen and

Moe.

 

Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) is considered by many to be among the

leading artists associated with the Golden Age of Illustration.

 

Nielsen's first published commission included a suite of monotone

and full colour illustrations for "In Powder and Crinoline" (1913). A year

later, his illustrations from "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" -

considered by many to be among his masterpieces - were published.

Following World War I, he produced other great works, including his

suites for "Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen", "Hansel and Gretel and

other stories from the Brothers Grimm" and "Red Magic".

 

For more information on Kay Nielsen and to see more of his art, we

invite you to peruse our Kay Nielsen Collection.

 

 

Salomé, the Daughter of Herodias

Edmund Dulac

 

 

Cú Chulainn and the Battle-Goddess

Willy Pogány

 

Edmund Dulac's ''Salome, the Daughter of Herodias''

Detail from Edmund Dulac's ''Salome, the Daughter of Herodias''   Willy Pogany's 'Cu Chulainn and the Battle-Goddess' for ''The Frenzied Prince'' Detail from Willy Pogany's 'Cu Chulainn and the Battle-Goddess' for ''The Frenzied Prince''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

Fine Art Poster (12x18'')

Code: ED WML 4 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

Fine Art Poster (18x24'')

Code: WP CBG (18x24)
Price: US$150.00

 

Dulac's "Salomé, the Daughter of Herodias" depicts the legendary seductress in

what may be considered to be the erotic dance described in the New Testament.

 

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) is one of the great artists associated with the

Golden Age of Illustration.

 

Dulac displayed an artistic interest from an early age, with his favourite

medium - watercolours - being established in his teenage years. Typically, even

Dulac's early illustrations do not rely upon an ink line to hold the colour as he

approached the relatively new colour printing medium as a coloured ink drawing.

 

In 1913, the mellow, romantic blues that Dulac had tended towards a brighter

palette and more oriental style that characterised his work for the remainder of

his life.

 

For more information on Edmund Dulac and to see more of his art, we invite

you to peruse our Edmund Dulac Collection.

 

 

 

This powerful and evocative illustration by Willy Pogány depicts one of the great heroes of Irish

myth - Cú Chulainn - and the submission of Aoífe and his capture of the fabled weapon

'Gáe Bulg' following a battle.

 

Willy Pogány (1882-1955) was another of the artists identified with the Golden Age of

Illustration. He was a prolific contributor to both childrens' and adult books - providing

illustrations to over 100 titles. His Art Nouveau influenced work is simply stunning.

 

Departing from his native Hungary, Pogány lived in London for 10 years from 1906 - illustrating

a number of books during that time, including "Faust" (1908) and the most elaborate of his

numerous interpretations of "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám" (1909).

 

Prior to his emigration to the United States of America in 1914, Pogány also completed what

are considered to be his masterpieces, with suites of illustrative interpretations of Wagner's

trilogy of "Tannhäuser" (1911), "Parsifal" (1912) and "Lohengrin" (1913). Fabulous work followed

his relocation to the United States of America, including his magnificent monotone work for

"The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi" (1931) and "The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation

(Mahâbhinishkramana) being The Life and Teaching of Gautama" (1932).

 

For more information on Willy Pogány and to see more of his art, we invite you to peruse our

Willy Pogány Collection.

 

 

 

Launcelot lay sleeping under the Apple Tree

Thomas Mackenzie

 

 

Falcon the Hunter

Frank C Papé

 

Thomas Mackenzie's 'Launcelot lay sleepin uner the Apple Tree' for ''Arthur and His Knights''

Detail from Thomas Mackenzie's 'Launcelot lay sleepin uner the Apple Tree' for ''Arthur and His Knights''   Frank C Pape's 'Falcon the Hunter' for ''The Russian Story Book'' Detail from Frank C Pape's 'Falcon the Hunter' for ''The Russian Story Book''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

Fine Art Poster (8x10'')

Code: TM AHK C3 8x10
Price: US$30.00

 

Fine Art Poster (20x30'')

Code: FCP FH 20x30
Price: US$200.00

 

This illustration is one of a suite prepared by Mackenzie for "Arthur and His

Knights". His selection and presentation of subject is inspired and the

rendering of colour superbly in a mixture of subtle and rich tones is indicative

of his milieu.

 

Thomas Mackenzie (1887-1944) was an artist associated with the Golden

Age of Illustration. He produced illustrations for books and watercolours

during the early 20th Century.

 

His earliest commissioned works were for "Ali Baba and Aladdin" and

illustrations for Chaundler's "Arthur and His Knights". Other illustrated books

followed, including "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp", "Hassan" and

"The Crock of Gold".

 

Mackenzie's illustrations are reminiscent of the work of his Art Nouveau

peers, including Aubrey Beardsley, Harry Clarke and Kay Nielsen. His

images for "Arthur and His Knights, in particular, are stylistically similar to

those of Nielsen in "East of the Sun and West of the Moon", but have a

softness about them that remind one of the watercolours that he also

produced.

 

For more information on Thomas Mackenzie and to see more of his art,

weinvite you to peruse our Thomas Mackenzie Collection.

 

 

 

 

Papé's "Falcon the Hunter" depicts a meeting between the legendary

medieval Russian bogatyr (Knight-errant), Dobrynya Nikitich, and

Falcon the Hunter.

 

Frank C Papé (1878-1972) was an English artist associated with the

Golden Age of Illustration. He contributed colour illustrations to many

titles in his early career - at that time, his artwork carried many Art

Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite influences.

 

Throughout the latter part of his career, Papé contributed to illustrated

books almost exclusively with monotone images.

 

For more information on Frank C Papé, we invite you to peruse our

Frank C Papé Collection that includes some of his seminal work,

including his suite of illustrations for:

 

''The Toils and Travels of Odysseus'' ;

 

''Fifty-Two Stories of Classic Heroes'' ;

 

''Sigurd and Gudrun'' ;

 

''Siegfried and Kriemhild'' ;

 

''The Russian Story Book'' ; and

 

''Suetonius' 'Lives of the Twelve Caesars'''.

 

 

 

Sir Tristram kneeled before la beale Isoude

Evelyn Paul

 

 

The Vision of the Holy Grail

Edward Burne-Jones

 

Evelyn Paul's 'Sir Tristram kneeled before la beale Isoude' for ''The Romance of Tristram of Lyones and La beale Isoude''

Detail from Evelyn Paul's 'Sir Tristram kneeled before la beale Isoude' for ''The Romance of Tristram of Lyones and La beale Isoude''   Edward Burne-Jones' ''The Vision of the Holy Grail'' Detail from Edward Burne-Jones' ''The Vision of the Holy Grail''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

Fine Art Poster (8x10'')

Code: EP RTLI C5 (8x10)
Price: US$30.00

 

Fine Art Poster (12x18'')

Code: EBJ VHG (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

This is one of a suite of illustrations prepared by Paul for "The Romance of

Tristram of Lyones and La beale Isoude" - a tale that draws on the Celtic

French tradition for this tale of tragically mismatched love.

 

Evelyn Paul (1883-1963) was an English artist associated with the Golden

Age of Illustration. She is, perhaps, best known for her work as an

illuminator.

 

Paul's illustrations - often accompanying her illuminations - were influenced

by a variety of styles including Gothic Revival, Art Nouveau and Arts and

Crafts. Among individual artists that may have provided significant influence

to her style is the noted the Pre-Raphaelite, Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

 

Her most famous work appeared in titles including "Stories from Dante",

"The Romance of Tristram of Lyones and La beale Isoude", Dante's "La Vita

Nuova", "Aucassin & Nicolete" and "Clair de Lune and Other Troubadour

Romances".

 

For more information on Evelyn Paul and to see more of her art, we invite

you to peruse our Evelyn Paul Collection.

 

 

 

 

This illustration is a design for a tapestry prepared by Burne-Jones that depicts the scene

from Arthurian myth wherein the Holy Grail appears in a vision to Sir Galahad, Sir Percival

and Sir Bors.

 

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was an artist associated with the Golden Age

of Illustration. He was a designer linked with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

 

While attending Exeter College in Oxford, he became a friend of William Morris - with whom

he later contributed to a number of magnificent works. He studied under Rossetti before

traveling to Italy and drawing further influences from a range of artists, including Ruskin, with

whom he traveled.

 

Burne-Jones was largely responsible for bringing the Pre-Raphaelites into the mainstream

of the British art world and in doing so, he executed some of the most exquisite and

beautiful artworks of his time. It is not without reason that Aymer Vallance referred to

Burne-Jones as "the greatest painter the world has known since the fifteenth century".

 

For more information on Edward Burne-Jones and to see more of his art, we invite you to

peruse our Edward Burne-Jones Collection.

 

 

 

And then the queen said: "Ah, dear brother,

why have you tarried so long from me?" ...

William Russell Flint

 

 

St George and the Dragon

Sidney Meteyard

 

William Russell Flint's 'And then the queen said, 'Ah, dear brother, why have you tarried so long from me?' for ''Le Morte D'Arthur''

Detail from William Russell Flint's 'And then the queen said, 'Ah, dear brother, why have you tarried so long from me?' for ''Le Morte D'Arthur''   Sidney Meteyard's ''St George and the Dragon'' Detail from Sidney Meteyard's ''St George and the Dragon''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

Fine Art Poster (12x18'')

Code: WRF MA C47 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

Fine Art Poster (11x14'')

Code: SM SGD 11x14
Price: US$55.00

 

This illustration is one of a suite of images prepared by Russell Flint for "Le Morte

d'Arthur".

 

William Russell Flint (1880-1969) was a Scottish painter who is associated with the

Golden Age of Illustration - he has been referred to as the greatest watercolour artists

of his time.

 

William Russell Flint was formally trained in art at the Royal Institution School of Art in

Edinburgh and served an apprenticeship at a printing works before moving to London at

the age of 20. Before becoming a freelance artist in 1907, he worked for "The Illustrated

London News" from 1903.

 

William Russell Flint's illustrations for Limited Editions of a number of classic works are

greatly collectable, including those for "The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Antoninus", Mallory's "Le Morte D'Arthur: The Book of King Arthur and his Noble Knights

of the Round Table", Kingsley's "The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children";

"The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer", "Theocritus, Bion and Moschus" and

"The Odyssey of Homer".

 

For more information on William Russell Flint and to see more of his art, we invite you to

peruse our William Russell Flint Collection.

 

 

 

 

Meteyard's "St George and the Dragon" depicts a scene from the classic myth that

was introduced to Western Europe during the Crusades.

 

Sidney Meteyard (1868-1947) is among the artists associated with the Golden Age

of Illustration.

 

Meteyard was an English artist who has been associated with the Pre-Raphaelite

movement and was a member of the Birmingham Group.

 

For more information on Sidney Meteyard and to see more of his art, we invite you to

peruse our Sidney Meteyard Collection.

 

 

 

Eos

Evelyn de Morgan

 

 

Dobrynia Nikitich frees Zabava Putiatichna

from Gorynych the Dragon

Ivan Bilibin

 

Evelyn de Morgan's ''Eos''

Detail from Evelyn de Morgan's ''Eos''   Ivan Bilibin's ''Dobrynia Nikitich frees Zabava Putiatichna from Gorynych the Dragon'' Detail from Ivan Bilibin's ''Dobrynia Nikitich frees Zabava Putiatichna from Gorynych the Dragon''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

Fine Art Poster (20x36'')

Code: EM E (20x36)
Price: US$220.00

 

Fine Art Poster (12x18'')

Code: IB DNZPGD C1 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

"Eos" by de Morgan depicts the Titan goddess from Greek

mythology who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus to

herald her brother, Helios, the Sun god.

 

Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919) is one of the artists associated with

the Golden Age of Illustration. Spiritually inspired, de Morgan's

style is influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and it is renowned for its

allegorical and symbolic tone.

 

Her initial formal art training was undertaken at the Slade School

of Art, with an appreciation - and influence from - Renaissance

Masters being fostered during the many opportunities she had to

visit Florence.

 

The range of themes interpreted by de Morgan through her

paintings is significant and the powerful spiritual tone impossible

to resist. Through her use of an extraordinary variety of colours,

movement and attention to detail, she has few equals.

 

For more information on Evelyn de Morgan and to see more of

her art, we invite you to peruse our Evelyn de Morgan

Collection.

 

 

 

 

This extraordinarily powerful and vibrant illustration by Ivan Bilibin depicts an

episode from Byliny (Russian oral tradition) wherein Dobrynia rescues Zabava,

the niece to Prince Volodymir of Kiev, from Gorynych the Dragon.

 

Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942) is a Russian artist associated with the Golden Age of

Illustration.

 

Throughout his long career, Bilibin was influenced by Slavic folklore in

choosing themes to illustrate - on one occasion, he published his thoughts

on the matter in "Folk Arts of the Russian North" (1904).

 

Bilibin was a member of Sergei Diaghilev's 'Mir iskusstva' ('World of Art')

group and, in addition to illustrating books, also contributed to designs for the

theatre.

 

For more information on Ivan Bilibin and to see more of his art, we invite you

to peruse our Ivan Bilibin Collection.

 

 

 

The Winged Horse

Newell Convers Wyeth

 

 

Kriemhild has a dream wherein a

Falcon is killed by two Eagles

Carl Otto Czeschka

 

Newell Convers Wyeth's 'The Winged Horse' for ''Legends of Charlemagne''

Detail from Newell Convers Wyeth's 'The Winged Horse' for ''Legends of Charlemagne''   Plate 1 of Carl Otto Czeschka's 'Kriemhild has a dream wherein a Flacon is killed by two Eagles' for ''Die Nibelungen'' Plate 2 of Carl Otto Czeschka's 'Kriemhild has a dream wherein a Flacon is killed by two Eagles' for ''Die Nibelungen''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

 

 

Full images shown as Diptych

Fine Art Poster (11x14'')

Code: NCW LC C7 (11x14)
Price: US$55.00

 

A pair of Fine Art Posters (16x20" each)

Code: COC DN C1|2 (16x20)
Price: US$240.00

 

This illustration is one of a suite prepared by Wyeth for a portion of

"Bulfingh's Mythology, 'Legends of Charlemagne'.

 

Newell Convers (N C) Wyeth (1882-1945) is an American artist associated

with the Golden Age of Illustration.

 

Throughout his artistic career - that included both painting and illustrating -

Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and contributed illustrations to

over 100 books.

 

Wyeth showed advanced artistic skills from an early age and his artistic

pursuits were encouraged by his mother and after some intermediate

training at the Massachusetts Normal Arts School and the Eric Pape

School of Art, he became a stellar student in Howard Pyle's School of Art.

 

During the early years of his work as an illustrator, Wyeth restricted

himself to themes of classic Americana - particularly those related to

Western subjects.

 

Beginning in 1911, however, Wyeth shifted his focus to that of classic

literature.

 

For more information on Newell Convers Wyeth and to see more of his

art, we invite you to peruse our Newell Convers Wyeth Collection.

 

 

 

 

These paired illustrations are among the suite prepared by Czeschka for

"Die Nibelungen" - a variant of the Germanic myth interpreted by Franz Keim.

The myth of the Nibelung is associated with the ancient Burgundian royal

family that had settled in Worms.

 

Carl Otto Czeschka (1878-1950) is among the artists associated with the

Golden Age of Illustration, being both a prominent member of the Vienna

Secession and a designer for the Wiener Werkstätte.

 

Stylistically, Czeschka had similar influences to Gustav Klimt, but his work

was more abstract. He worked on a variety of projects throughout his career

in varied media, including woodcuts, stained glass commissions, theatrical

designs, jewelry and furniture.

 

For more information on Carl Otto Czeschka and to see more of his art, we

invite you to peruse our Carl Otto Czeschka Collection.

 

 

 

             

 

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