Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Gustaf Tenggren

John Martz | July 12th, 2006

The incomparable ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog has done it again — they’ve posted a rare 1923 edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren (Part 1 | Part 2)

When we first posted about Gustaf Tenggren, there was little to nothing online representing his work. Since then, the A-HAA Blog has been spoiling us with many, many samples.

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  • Thank you very much for this particular link. It led to a treasure trove of fantasic, classic illustration. I've seen a few of Tenggren's paintings in the past but never so many! They are inspiring.

    Jim
  • I saw an exhibition of his work years ago at a local library and always enjoy seeing more of his work.
  • Dan
    Awesome!

    Apparently separated at birth from Arthur Rackham, though.
  • I'd say this stuff is a little more expressionistic than Rackham's, at least the best of it, though I can see what you mean in the more idealized stuff, but then I also see a little pre-raphaelite in there too.

    This seems to be his most compelling work though--I'm considerably less interested in the Heidi stuff and it's like.
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