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]] Arthur Rackham ( September 19 , 1867 – September 6 , 1939 ) was a prolific British book illustrator. Rackham is considered by some people to be among the greatest book illustrators of all time. Others, however, consider that he actively promoted racist ideas - especially through his stereotypical images of Jewish people. He was born in London as one of 12 children. At 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying at the Lambeth School Of Art . In 1892 he quit his clerk job and started working for '' The Westminster Budget '' as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893 . From then, until his death in 1939 , he illustrated innumerable books. In 1903 , he married Edyth Starkie, with whom he had one daughter, Barbara, in 1908 . Rackham won a gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906 and another one at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1911 . His works were included in numerous exhibitions, including one at the Louvre in Paris in 1914 . Arthur Rackham died 1939 of cancer in his home in Limpsfield, Surrey . Major works of Arthur Rackham include the children's books '' Fairy Tales Of The Brothers Grimm '' ( 1900 ), '' Rip Van Winkle '' ( 1905 ), '' Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens '' ( 1906 ), and '' Alice's Adventures In Wonderland '' ( 1907 ) and many others. While he may be best known for his elaborate child literature illustrations, he also illustrated books for adult readers, e.g. '' A Midsummer Night's Dream '' ( 1908 ), '' Undine '' ( 1909 ), ''The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie'' ( 1911 ) (''a.k.a. Das Rheingold )''), and several fairy tale books. EXTERNAL LINKS
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