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alexandral) wrote2007-05-28 10:30 pm
alexandral) wrote2007-05-28 10:30 pm
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John Bauer
John Bauer (04.07.1882 – 20.11.1918 was a painter and illustrator from Sweden. His most known illustrations are for the popular Swedish fairytale annual, "Bland tomtar och troll" (Among Elves and Trolls) . Apparently this annual is still going! I was introduced to his art by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
baleanoptera in her excellent post Picturing that which is not, again and immediately fell in love with it.
John Bauer was one of the people whose life follows inexplicable and dark fate. His sister died when she was 13 and this made a huge impact on him and his family. He was suffering from depression and had family difficulties in his later life. John Bauer, his wife and his son died in the shipwreck and this is a very strange story : they decided to go to Stockholm by ferry because they had heard of the recent train accident.
I have been collecting his illustrations for quite a while already and meant to post them for ages. They are absolutely amazing, outworldly and mysterious!
I have made some icons from John Bauers's illustrations, free to share. Preview:
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baleanoptera in her excellent post Picturing that which is not, again and immediately fell in love with it.John Bauer was one of the people whose life follows inexplicable and dark fate. His sister died when she was 13 and this made a huge impact on him and his family. He was suffering from depression and had family difficulties in his later life. John Bauer, his wife and his son died in the shipwreck and this is a very strange story : they decided to go to Stockholm by ferry because they had heard of the recent train accident.
I have been collecting his illustrations for quite a while already and meant to post them for ages. They are absolutely amazing, outworldly and mysterious!
I have made some icons from John Bauers's illustrations, free to share. Preview:
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Leap the Elk and Little Princess Cottongrass! One of my FAVORITE fairy tales!!
So yeah, I'm grabbing #14... it looks just like the poster of it my folks had up on the wall for years and years....
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UIf this is fine to ask (you don't have to answer) - which fairytale and picture are you referring to? I am new to this and I would love to know the stories behind the pictures!
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She's lost something important in that pool - it's a transformation story - and she stares into it until she becomes a woman and finally turns into what is known as "cotton grass" which is a coarse grass with pretty tufty blond tops when it blooms. I have some in a few spots in my shady woodland gardens :) It's a gorgeous story - you should really try and find it! I need to hunt it down again, I should have the book in my collection and don't!
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