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The Art of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

The Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Collection at Spirit of the Ages includes art images from some of Outhwaite's seminal

work. As a valuable reference resource, options are also provided for purchasing a range of gifts, including reproduction

prints, posters and greeting cards.

The Enchanted Forest 31 images	The Little Green Road to Fairyland 16 images	The Little Fairy Sister 16 images	The Sentry and the Shell Fairy 6 colour images
Fairyland 48 images	Bunny and Brownie: The Adventures of George and Wiggle 16 images	A Bunch of Wild Flowers 21 images

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960) was among the first Australian illustrators to achieve international fame - and her

fame was deserved with wonderfully whimsical images of fairies (often to be found playing with kookaburras, koalas

and kangaroos).

Outhwaite's first illustration was published by The New Idea in 1904 when she was just 15 years of age - it accompanied

a story written by her older sister, Annie Rentoul. In the years the followed, the sisters collaborated on a number of

stories. Following her marriage to Grenbry Outhwaite in 1909, too, she collaborated with her husband - most notably

for The Enchanted Forest (1921), The Little Fairy Sister (1923) and Fairyland (1926). In a number of cases, her children -

Robert, Anne, Wendy and William - served as models for her illustrations.