The Art of Myth and Fairy Tale

Edmund Dulac Fairy Tale Art and Illustration

Edmund Dulac's illustrations from: Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast, Dreamer of Dreams, Daughters of the Stars, Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the Red Cross, Fairies I have Met, Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Gods and Mortals in Love, Kingdom of the Pearl, Le Papillon Rouge, The Little Mermaid, The Raven and Other Poems, The Rubaiyat, Stealers of Light, The Snow Queen, and The Tempest. In addition to book illustrations, Dulac also illustrated magazines, and designed stamps and banknotes.

Also see Edmund Dulac Catalog by Book and the Dulac Album at Art Passions.

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Edmund Dulac, The Entomologist's Dream, illustration to Le Papillon Rouge, 1909

The Entymologists Dream

13 inches by 19 inches. $108

Le Papillon Rouge

The Entomologist's Dream is an illustration for the story, Le Papillon Rouge (The Red Butterfly) by Gerard D'Houville. The story was published in the Christmas 1909 edition of L'Illustration, the French news and art magazine. In the story, the entomologist is driven mad by his failure to find a blood red butterfly for the lady whose attentions he seeks. One night, after many years of searching, he ransacks his entire butterfly collection. As he frees the insects from their cases, they magically wake and fly off into the night. The entomologist is heartbroken, and is discovered dead in the morning.

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Edmund Dulac Book Illustrations

Picture Book for the Red Cross

Dreamer of Dreams

Beauty and the Beast

The Nightingale

Snow Queen

Little Mermaid

Fairies I Have Met

Andersen's Fairy Tales

The Tempest

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Catalog of Artists

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Media: Heavy, soft white, cotton rag fine art paper and archival inks. Soft white paper has no added bleaches or brighteners.

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