Kay Nielsen

Microfiber polyester silky scarf with a slightly transparent effect. Vivid one side print, visible on the reverse. The Twelve Dancing Princesses vintage illustration by Kay Nielsen.

Portrait of novelist and Hollywood screenwriter Vicki Baum, 1934. Scan from East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales From the North, illustrated by Danish artist Kay Nielsen (1886-1957), 1914. Taschen 2015 edition.

Kay Nielsen

Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge from the golden age of illustration.

Kay Nielsen knew his way around a fantasy. The Danish illustrator was raised in a “tense atmosphere of art” (his words) during the Golden Era of Illustration – a time when folks one-upped each another with books bearing golden spines and marbled end papers; elaborately illustrated copies of Grimm's

Kay Nielsen is among the greatest artists associated with what is known as "The Golden Age of Illustration" and his works are associated with classic fairy tales, in addition to myths and fables.

Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge from the golden age of illustration.

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