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| Nationality - English |
Profession - Illustrator |
| Date of birth - 19 Sep 1867
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Date of death - 1939 |
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Arthur Rackham was born September 19, 1867, in London, England and was one of twelve children.
Rackham is perhaps the most well known artist to illustrate books during the era dubbed the "Golden Age" of illustration, which spanned the years 1870 - 1930.
He studied at the Lambeth School of Art and was elected to membership in The Royal Watercolour Society and the Society Nationale des Beaux Arts, and became Master of the Art Workers' Guild.
Books he illustrated included Rip van Winkle (1905), The Ingoldsby Legends (1906), Alice in Wonderland (1907), among many others.
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His last work, for The Wind in the Willows, was published posthumously. He won gold medals at Milan (1906) and Barcelona (1911), and his books, prints and original art are now collected in many countries throughout the world.
Arthur Rackham died 0n September 6, 1939 of cancer in his home in Limpsfield, Surrey |
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