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Edmund Dulac: Art for Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

 

 

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) is one of the great artists associated with the Golden Age of Illustration.

 

The Edmund Dulac Collection at Spirit of the Ages includes art images from some of Dulac's seminal work illustrating fairy tales, myths

and legends. As a valuable reference resource, options are also provided for purchasing a range of gifts, including reproductions of

illustrations by Dulac on prints, posters and cards.

 

Dulac displayed an artistic interest from an early age, with his favourite medium - watercolours - being established in his teenage years.

Typically, Dulac's early illustrations for fairy tales from Scheherazadè, Shakespeare, Andersen and Stawell do not rely upon an ink line

to hold the colour as he approached the relatively new colour printing medium as a coloured ink drawing.

 

Just prior to Dulac's first commissioned work at the age of 22, the colour separation process had been perfected and ink lines bounding

the colour to hide misregistration were no longer necessary. As Dulac was primarily a painter, he used that new technology's ability to

reproduce exact tones to let the colour hold shapes and define objects.

 

In 1913, the mellow, romantic blues that Dulac had tended towards a brighter palette and more oriental style that characterised his

interpretation of fairy tales, myths and legend for the remainder of his life.

 

Edmund Dulac (vintage photograph)

Throughout World War I, Dulac worked on a number of commissions, including those that were intended to

raise funds for charities during the conflict, such as ''Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French

Red Cross''. Following World War I, he produced artwork for number of further illustrated books of fairy tales,

myths and legend, but due to global economics, the demand for deluxe illustrated publications had diminished

in Europe and Dulac found  himself focused on other projects, including designing for the theatre and taking

other commercial art commissions.

 

Throughout the 1930s and thereon for the remainder of his life, Dulac's artwork depicting fairy tales, myth and

legends was supported by a number of commissions arising from demand in the United States of America

and included  those suites of published in ''Gods and Mortals in Love'', ''The Marriage of Cupid and

Psyche'' and ''The Masque of Comus''.

 

 

 

 

To the left, we show a vintage photograph of Edmund Dulac

 

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We invite you to take the time to peruse the wonderful artwork from Edmund Dulac that is included in the Collection - to view images from any one of Dulac's suites or

individual illustrations listed below, simply 'click' on the hyperlinks embedded within the titles and the images. By following the hyperlinks, you will also find further

information about Edmund Dulac, his illustrations and options for purchasing Fine Art Posters and Greeting Cards.

 

 

Published illustrations by Edmund Dulac depicting fairy tales, myths and legends

  

Edmund Dulac

''Stories from the Arabian Nights''

50 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''The Tempest''

40 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam''

20 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Stories from Hans Andersen''

28 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''My Days with the Fairies''

8 colour images

 
Edmund Dulac's 'When having brought into submission all the rest of my race' for the tale 'The Fisherman and the Genie' in the 1907 Edition of ''Stories from the Arabian Nights''Edmund Dulac's 'Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves' for Act V, Scene I in the 1908 Edition of ''The Tempest''Edmund Dulac's illustration for the 1st Quatrain in the 1909 Edition of ''Rubaiyat of Oman Khayyam''Edmund Dulac's 'Many a winter's night she flies through the streets and peeps in at the windows, and then the ice freezes on the panes into wonderful patterns like flowers' for the tale 'The Snow Queen' in the 1911 Edition of ''Stories from Hans Andersen''Edmund Dulac's 'She smiled at him very graciously when he was introduced to her' for the tale 'Princess Orchid's Party' in the 1911 Edition of ''My Days with the Fairies'' 

Edmund Dulac

''The Bells and other Poems''

38 images

Edmund Dulac

''Princess Badoura''

10 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''King Albert's Book''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''Sindbad the Sailor and other

Stories from the Arabian NIghts''

23 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for

the French Red Cross''

19 colour images

 
Edmund Dulac's 2nd of 3 colour illustrations for 'The Bells' in the 1912 Edition of ''The Bells and Other Poems'' Edmund Dulac's 'As she rose up through clouds there passed one she knew by his tail to be Dahnash' for the tale 'Dahnash and Meymooneh' in the 1913 Edition of ''Princess Badoura''Edmund Dulac's illustrative personification of the nation of Belgium engulfed by World War I for ''King Albert's Book''Edmund Dulac's 'The Princess burns the Efrite to death' for the tale 'The Story of the Three Calendars' in the 1914 Edition of ''Sindbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights''Edmund Dulac's 'Cerberus, the Black Dog of Hades' for the tale 'Cerberus, the Black Dog of Hades' in the 1915 Edition of ''Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross'' 

Edmund Dulac

''The Dreamer of Dreams''

6 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book''

15 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''The Stealers of Light''

2 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Tanglewood Tales''

14 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''The Kingdom of the Pearl''

10 colour images

 
Edmund Dulac's 'Everything about her was white, glistening and shining' in the 1915 Edition of ''The Dreamer of Dreams''Edmund Dulac's 'There he found the Princess asleep and saw that her face was the face he had seen in the portrait' for the tale 'The Firebird' in the 1916 Edition of ''Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book''Edmund Dulac's frontispiece for the 1916 Edition of ''The Stealers of Light''Edmund Dulac's 'On went the chariot, and King Pluto seemed greatly pleased to find himself once more in his own kingdom' for the tale 'The Pomegranate Seeds' in the 1918 Edition of ''Tangelwood Tales''Edmund Dulac's 'The Pearl of the Bamboo' in the 1920 Edition of ''The Kingdom of the Pearl'' 

Edmund Dulac

''A Fairy Garland''

12 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Gods and Mortals in Love''

9 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''The Daughters of the Stars''

2 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''The Queen's Book of the Red Cross''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche''

6 colour images

 
Edmund Dulac's 'Fudge discovers Mayblossom' for the tale 'Mayblossom' in the 1928 Edition of ''A Fairy Garland''Edmund Dulac's 'Selene and Endymion' in the 1935 Edition of ''Gods and Mortals in Love''Edmund Dulac's '''Good-bye, Astrella! Good-bye, Perdita!'' they called' in the 1939 Edition of ''The Daughters of the Stars''Edmund Dulac's 'It is the Evil things we should be fighting against' in the 1939 Edition of ''The Queen's Book of the Red Cross''Edmund Dulac's 'Give thy mother a full revenge' in the 1951 Edition of ''The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche'' 

Edmund Dulac

''The Masque of Comus''

6 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Women of Myth and Legend''

4 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Scenes from Bible History''

12 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Arabian Night's Entertainments''

4 colour images

Edmund Dulac

''Theseus Slays the Minotaur''

1 colour image

 
Edmund Dulac's 'Beauty ... had need the guard of dragon-watch' in the 1954 Edition of ''The Masque of Comus''Edmund Dulac's ''Salome, the Daughter of Herodias''Edmund Dulac's ''The Expulsion from Eden''Edmund Dulac's ''The Genii bringing Princess Badoura to Prince Camaralzaman''Edmund Dulac's ''Theseus Slays the Minotaur'' 
 

 

Paintings by Edmund Dulac depicting fairy tales, myths and legends

  

 

 

Edmund Dulac

''Europa and the Bull''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''Circe andUlysses''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''Peri Banu and Prince Achmed''

1 colour image

 

Edmund Dulac

''Dido''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''Queen Chand''

1 colour image

 
Edmund Dulac's ''Europa and the Bull''Edmund Dulac's ''Circe and Ulysses''Edmund Dulac's ''Peri Banu and Prince Achmed''Edmund Dulac's ''Dido''Edmund Dulac's ''Queen Chand'' 

Edmund Dulac

''Mary, Queen of Scots''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''Prince Ivan and the Chestnut Horse''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''The Bird Feng''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''Urashima Taro''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''The Jovial Ali Baba''

1 colour image

 
Edmund Dulac's ''Mary, Queen of Scots''Edmund Dulac's ''Prince Ivan and the Chestnut Horse''Edmund Dulac's ''The Bird Feng''Edmund Dulac's ''Urashima Taro''Edmund Dulac's ''The Jovial Ali Baba'' 

Edmund Dulac

''The Man in the Moon''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''To the Parrot House''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

'''The Tempest' - Act I, Scene II''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

'''The Tempest' - Act IV, Scene I''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

'''The Tempest' - Act V, Scene I''

1 colour image

 
Edmund Dulac's ''The Man in the Moon''Edmund Dulac's ''To the Parrot House''An Edmund Dulac illustration for Act I, Scene II of Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''An Edmund Dulac illustration for Act IV, Scene I of Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''An Edmund Dulac illustration for Act V, Scene I of Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' 

Edmund Dulac

''Beauty discovers a room in

the castle which is full of

screaming parrots''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''The Fairy of the Garden now

 advanced to meet them''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''The Fairy dropped her

shimmering garment''

1 colour image

Edmund Dulac

''At the mere sight of the bright

liquid ... they drew back

in terror''

1 colour image

  
Edmund Dulac's ''Beauty discovers a room in the castle which is full of screaming parrots' for ''Beauty and the Beast''Edmund Dulac's 'The Fairy of the Garden now advenced to meet them ...' for 'The Garden of Paradise''Edmund Dulac's 'The Fairy dropped her shimmering garment ...' for 'The Garden of Paradise''Edmund Dulac's 'At the mere sight of the bright liquid ... they drew back in terror' for 'The Mermaid''  

 

Purchasing our Posters and Cards showcasing the art of Edmund Dulac for fairy tales, myths and legends

 

When presented on Cards - including Greeting and Note Card - these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in 'hommage' to the hand-crafted approach typical of

prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is hand-finished and the images are presented on Ivory card stock (in the

case of colour illustrations) or White card stock (in the case of monotone images) with an accompanying envelope.

 

Each of our Fine Art Posters is prepared with archival quality papers and inks.

 

Should you wish to order posters or cards, we have provided options throughout the site. To purchase, simply click on the appropriate "Add to Cart" button and you will

be taken through to our Shopping Cart secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any destination

in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter through email by ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Edmund Dulac.

 

 

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