In my latest Substack post I look at the enchanting Art Nouveau illustrations of Kay Nielsen and ask how technology is changing our relationship with art. #kaynielsen
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Kay Nielsen, 1930. “The Six Swans”

#illustration #1930s #KayNielsen

Kay Nielsen: 'The Troll And The Three Princesses'.
#KayNielsen #illustration #artsky #folktale #Scandinavian

nesse "mosaico" ou galeria de imagens das #ilustrações de Kay Nielsen, o que as une como um tipo de característica marcante do trabalho dele?

A Verticalidade / As linhas verticais

#illustration #KayNielsen #Vertical

ATU 425A stories (known as The Animal Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband) often feature a wife who violates an interdiction, loses her husband, and must search the world to gain him back

🎨 by Kay Nielsen

#FairyTaleTuesday #fairytale #beautyandthebeast #kaynielsen #folklore

The Nightingale (1925/ #watercolor & #gouache ) #KayNielsen
#death #painting #art

Valentines appropriate art month!

My version of one of Kay Nielsen's illustrations for East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

From Dec 2023.

#art #darkfantasy #folklore #mythology #kaynielsen #eastofthesunwestofthemoon #illustration

« The Witch's Cottage », 1924

by Kay Nielsen (Danish artist, 1886-1957)
Illustration from "Hansel and Gretel And Other Stories By The Brothers Grimm", Hodder & Stoughton, 1925

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KayNielsen #grimmbrothers #fairyTalesIllustration #hanselandgretel

My versions of Kay Nielsen illustrations from East of the Sun and West of the Moon. From 1 year ago and 2 years ago. I'm due to draw another one soon.

#art #darkfantasy #kaynielsen #illustration #folklore #fantasyart

I don't post enough dragons, so here's an especially elaborate one by Kay Nielsen. It's an illustration for the Brothers Grimm story 'The Two Brothers'.
#FairyTaleTuesday #dragon #dragons #KayNielsen #BrothersGrimm #illustration #artsky

Two extraordinary figures in over-the-top 18th Century costume play at dice in a darkened room, the moon shining through a tall window behind them.

"Your soul... My soul... your soul... my soul..."
A glorious illustration by Kay Nielsen for the story 'John And The Ghosts' which appeared in a lavish 1913 edition of 'In Powder and Crinoline' by Arthur Quiller-Couch.
#WyrdWednesday #PhantomsFriday #ghosts #illustration #KayNielsen

Stunning interpretations by Kay Nielsen of Moussorgski's 'Night On A Bald Mountain'.
#witch #witches #witchcraft #devil #classicalmusic #illustration #Moussorgski #KayNielsen

My versions of illustrations originally made by Kay Nielsen for East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

From 2024.

ink + watercolour + coloured pencils

#art #darkfantasy #kaynielsen #illustration #traditionalart

Pencil and white tempera Night on Bald Mountain concept drawing for Disney's Fantasia by Kay Nielsen depicting a vulture sitting on a gibbet.

#Disney #Fantasia #KayNielsen #conceptart

Concept Art by Kay Nielsen for an unused segment for Disney's Fantasia, Ride of the Valkyries

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« And flitted away as far as they could... », 1913

by Kay Nielsen (Danish artist, 1886-1957)
Illustration for "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" by Peter Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe, 1914

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KayNielsen #ScandinavianTale #NorseTales #artnouveau

Kay Nielsen (1886 - 1957)
Disney's Fantasia "Night on Bald Mountain" Concept Art
Pastel

#Disney #Fantasia #KayNielsen #pastelart #conceptart #art

Kay Nielsen (1886 - 1957)
Disney's Fantasia "Night on Bald Mountain" cemetery concept art (1939)
Pastel

#graveyard #spooky #kaynielsen #disney #fantasia #conceptart #pastelart

'Inevitable', ''The Book of Death'', 1912
#KayNielsen (1886-1957)
#death #MementoMori #drawing #art

'The Gust of Wind', ''The Book of Death'', 1913
#KayNielsen (1886-1957)

extracted from ''Japonisme : the Japanese influence on western art in the 19th and 20th centuries''
#death #drawing #art

Kay Nielsen (1886 - 1957)
Disney's Fantasia "Night on Bald Mountain" Concept Art (1939)
Pastel

Witches and evil spirits circling the top of the mountain.

#Disney #Fantasia #KayNielsen #Pastelart #conceptart #art

Kay Nielsen (1886 - 1957)
Disney's The Little Mermaid early concept art (c. 1941)
Pastel on black paper

Mermaids singing their "siren's song" to attract a ship.

#Disney #thelittlemermaid #pastelart #conceptart #KayNielsen

I imagine there may be a few versions of the witch's cottage from 'Hansel And Gretel' for this week's #BookologyThursday. This is Kay Nielsen's, from his illustrated volume of Brothers Grimm stories published in 1925.
#KayNielsen #Grimm #fairytale

« Then He Coaxed Her Down... », 1914

by Kay Nielsen (Danish artist, 1886-1957)
Illustration for “The Lassie And Her Godmother”,
from "East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North", 1914

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #kaynielsen #ScandinavianTales #artnouveau

Vintage Kay Nielsen: Bear and the Maiden Mirror 😍

Disney Fantasia Artist 🧑‍🎨

#kaynielsen #denmark #artnouveau #artdeco #disney #animation #fairytale #book #reading #vintage #illustration #movie #tv #picture #polarbear

Here are some of famed golden age illustrator Kay Nielsen's (1886-1957) contributions to the fairytale collection "East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North" (1914)🌈✨🏰🦄

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#elizahleighartwriter #kaynielsen #art #arthistory #bookart #fairytale #fairytaleart #illustration

East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated by Kay Nielsen (1922 edition) Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge from the golden age of illustration.

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Kay Nielsen, 1906. "The maiden said, 'Be still, dear little fawn, and I will never forsake you'"

#illustration #KayNielsen #brothersgrimm

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East of the Sun and West of the Moon, (1914)

'At Rest in the Dark Wood'

My version of a Kay Nielsen illustration of the same name.

Ink, watercolour paint, and coloured pencil drawing from December 2024.

#art #darkart #darkfantasy #fantasyart #kaynielsen #traditionalart