Mysterious, timeless, and ethereal, fairies have stirred the imagination for centuries. This collection of famous and unfamiliar artworks by Ernst Kreidolf, Arthur Rackham, Margaret Tarrant and more illustrators from the turn of the 20th century, paired with the texts that inspired them, beckons us into realms of mischief and enchantment.
Mysterious, timeless, and ethereal, fairies have stirred the imagination for centuries. This collection of famous and unfamiliar artworks by Ernst Kreidolf, Arthur Rackham, Margaret Tarrant and more illustrators from the turn of the 20th century, paired with the texts that inspired them, beckons us into realms of mischief and enchantment.
Iain Zaczek was born in Dundee, Scotland, and educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and the Courtauld Institute of Art, before forging a prolific career as a freelancer writer, widely published on a range of topics across art and design. His specialisms include fairies in art and book illustration, the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of artists and illustrators, the International Gothic period, and the legends and history of Celtic art and culture.
