![]() ![]() During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books which typically were given as Christmas gifts. He worked as a clerk before getting accepted as a student (18yrs) at The Lambeth School of Art. Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the ‘Golden Age’ of British book illustration which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War. Rackham was born in Lewisham, Kent and was one of 12 children. He made 12 colour illustrations for Poe’s tales in 1935 and several others in black/white. Many of these stories had illustrations made by Arthur Rackham. Most of the time I would admire the paintings and read the additional description rather than the entire story. I cannot say I understood all of his stories at such a young age but I sure loved the dramatic art connected to them. ![]() I remember I borrowed it a couple of times from the local library. ![]() When I was about 10-12 years I loved to read from Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Arthur Rackham (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. ![]()
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