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Illustration for the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Rapunzel"
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In 2023, after 20 years, he returned to the illustrations of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale
Category

2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Catherina Dorothea Viehman (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
conventions of beautiful fairy tale illustrations rich in color and charm that spell out good and evil for
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

The Haunted Castle (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
conventions of beautiful fairy tale illustrations rich in color and charm that spell out good and evil for
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Set of Four American Midcentury Painted Concrete Mushroom Garden Ornaments
Located in Atlanta, GA
gracefully curving stems, reminiscent of classic fairy tale illustrations. Each mushroom in this quartet
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Garden Ornaments

Materials

Concrete

Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your Hair (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
conventions of beautiful fairy tale illustrations rich in color and charm that spell out good and evil for
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Otto Schubert Pen & Ink Fairy Tale
By Otto Schubert
Located in Paonia, CO
illustrations for a fairy tale. There is a father and mother fox talking to two younger versions of themselves
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1920s Other Art Style Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink

1976 After David Hockney 'Home from "Grimm's Fairy Tales"'
By David Hockney
Located in Brooklyn, NY
" from his "Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm," 1969. Shipping and Handling
Category

1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

"Masha's fairy tales" watercolor cm. 17 x 22 1970
By Marina Yevgenyevna Uspenskaya
Located in Torino, IT
Children, illustrations, tales Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007) Marina Evgenevna
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Vintage David Hockney poster Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
This charming vintage poster commemorated the publication of David Hockney's Six Fairy Tales from
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

The Little Mermaid - Fairy Tales - English Female Illustrator Pen and Ink
Located in Miami, FL
illustrator. Biography Page 1 illustration from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Stratton was born in
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1890s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pen

Rapunzel by the Sea, fairy tale narrative, colorful whimsical fantasy
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of Visual Arts for Illustration, he realized painting was more engaging for him.) Seeking emotional
Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santorini, in the Fairy tale Ia - Landscape Painting Blue White Green Yellow
By Krasimira Mihailova
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, in the Fairy tale Ia" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krassimira Mihaylova. About
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2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Summer games"Games, children, fairy tales, summer, fun Guache cm. 29 x 10, 1960
By Marina Yevgenyevna Uspenskaya
Located in Torino, IT
illustration studio. Soon after graduation she found her passion and craft: Illustrations for childrens’ books
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

1900 The Grey Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
Andrew Lang's grey collection of fairy tales, a lovely volume of his popular series, complete with
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Antique Early 1900s British Books

Materials

Paper

1900 The Grey Fairy Book
1900 The Grey Fairy Book
H 7.5 in W 2 in D 5 in
1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
influential 'Fairy Book' series. This blue volume contains fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Madame
Category

Antique 1890s British Books

Materials

Paper

1889 The Blue Fairy Book
1889 The Blue Fairy Book
H 7.5 in W 2 in D 5 in
The Winter's Tale, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
from “The Winter's Tale,” this illustration is from Pogany’s “Beauties of Shakespeare” cover series for
Category

1940s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Lacrimella - Original Illustrate tale by Italo Orsi - 1930s
By Italo Orsi
Located in Roma, IT
most famous illustrations, there are the illustrated fairy tales for children that belong to the “Rosa
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tempera

The Travellers - 1920s British Children's book illustration by Frank Watkins
By Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
Merry Moments. He provided book illustrations for The Man From the Moon by Philip Carmichael (1909
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, reading the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff or Hans Christian Andersen. Her story books and drawings are
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
illustrations, reading the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff or Hans Christian Andersen. Her story books and drawings
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Jack Escapes the Giant - 1920s British Children's illustration by Frank Watkins
By Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
Merry Moments. He provided book illustrations for The Man From the Moon by Philip Carmichael (1909
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Original 1920s British Pen and ink Children's book Illustration by Frank Watkins
By Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
also for Merry Moments. He provided book illustrations for The Man From the Moon by Philip Carmichael
Category

1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward Detmold
By Edward Julius Detmold
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
himself into his work. The recognition accorded the twins' illustrations of Kipling's classic tale was
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20th Century Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen, Paper

Nero's Temple On The Nile
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, Fairy Flowers, Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
intent. After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase
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1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Home
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Etching, softground etching, 1969 printed in 1970. From: Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales From the
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1960s Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Etching

Home
H 17.72 in W 12.29 in
1970 original exhibition poster by David Hockney The Boy Hidden in an Egg
By David Hockney
Located in PARIS, FR
captivating glimpse into the artist's interpretation of the classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. This
Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Much Ado About Nothing, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Fairy Flowers, Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A
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20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children, Stories to Tell
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20th Century Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Cymbeline, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children, Stories
Category

20th Century Other Art Style Mixed Media

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

The Complete Works - Writings of Oscar Wilde. EDITION DE LUXE. 15 VOLS. 1907
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
famous illustrations); his only novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray); his poems, fairy tales, translations
Category

Antique Early 1900s British Books

Materials

Leather

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Sputnik Space Red Army Soldier USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - We are not slaves We were born to make a fairy tale
Category

Vintage 1960s Russian Posters

Materials

Paper

Shaman
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, Fairy Flowers, Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for
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20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Watercolor

Shaman
Shaman
H 19.5 in W 14.5 in
Esther Accusing Haman
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children, Stories to Tell
Category

20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Queen Elizabeth
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Kitchen, The Frenzied Prince, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Fairy Flowers, Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales
Category

20th Century Other Art Style Mixed Media

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
H 26.5 in W 19.5 in
The Fiddler, Small Ink Drawing by John Bauer
Located in Stockholm, SE
and Trolls), a collection of Swedish folklore and fairy tales. Bauer's journey into the arts led him
Category

1910s Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oak, Paper, Ink

Odense Denmark original Danish vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
, writers, musicians, industrial pioneers, royalty, and beloved fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen.
Category

1950s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

“Chess Players”
Located in Southampton, NY
professor" in 1917. He gained great popularity in 1939 through the illustrations of German fairy tales from
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1890s Academic Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

“Chess Players”
“Chess Players”
H 8 in W 10.5 in D 1.25 in
Woman with a Guitar, Cubism
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Greenwich, CT
romanticist preferring the dreamy colors of a Russian fairy tale.
Category

1940s Synthetic Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Arabian nights The Thousand and One Nights Donkey Scheherazade, Islam
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
artist who is famous for his fairy-tale style. Random House went to post-production with these
Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

The Song of Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs, Willy Pogany Illustrator
Located in Middletown, NY
heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. To
Category

Early 20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper, Fabric

Arabian nights The Thousand and One Nights Gustaf Tenggren attrib. Scheherazade
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
well be by the hand of the Swedish-American artist who is famous for his fairy-tale style - or it could
Category

1650s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Moors, Yorkshire, UK /// British Antique Landscape Watercolor England Country
By Harry George Theaker
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1929; 'Gulliver's Travels', 1928; 'The Water Babies', 1930; 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', 1930; 'Stories of
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1930s Victorian Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Cinderella, Edited by C.S. Evans, Signed by Arthur Rackham, Edition de Lux, 1919
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
one of the most wonderful editions produced of this, or any other, fairy tale. In this 1919 printing
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Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Books

Materials

Paper

Lewis CARROLL: Sylvie and Bruno & Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; illustr. FIRST Ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
. While the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

The Sleeping Beauty, by C. S. Evans, Signed by Arthur Rackham, Limited Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
two of the most wonderful editions produced of these, or any other, fairy tales. In these 1919 and
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Books

Materials

Paper

Pierre Adrien Ekman (1904-1993), Discovery of the New World, Framed Oil Painting
Located in PARIS, FR
collaborated on the illustrations for a new edition of Perrault's fairy tales, the tricentennial edition of the
Category

Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Laboureur Du Kef (Plowman of Kef), " Original Lithograph by Alexandre Lunois
By Alexandre Lunois
Located in Milwaukee, WI
fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen with 66 of his own engravings under the title "Histoires et
Category

1890s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Dutch Fantastic Modern Etching, Jan Mensinga Old Master Style Wine Maker, Grapes
Located in Surfside, FL
his daily life, fairy tales, legends and mythology. His fascination with and great knowledge of the
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

After the Funeral by Paul Scott, an Illustrated Whittington Press Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
these are embodied in the traditional fairy tales, and that even modern novels and short stories are
Category

Late 20th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Lonely Mother and Child in Embrace - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Whitcomb Riley; Bobbs-Merrill Company 1909 -- Fairy tales from Grimm, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm; E
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1910-11 The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
By Wagner
Located in Bath, GB
Wind in the Willows', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', and 'Gulliver's Travels', as well as contributing
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Vintage 1910s British Books

Materials

Paper

1853-86 The Collected Works of Cuthbert Bede
By Cuthbert Bede
Located in Bath, GB
illustrations by the author throughout. Six pages of adverts to the rear. 'Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant
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Antique 1850s British Books

Materials

Paper

Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
;[2] she was an avid reader of chapbook versions of fairy tales – her favourites were "Sleeping Beauty
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Children's Book Illustrator - Mother Goose, Children and Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Mother Goose is a French fairy tale and later of English nursery rhyme. In this illustration, we
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Beauty and the Beast), a retelling of a classic fairy tale. This motion picture, starring Josette Day and
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1930s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jean Cocteau - Duality - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Beauty and the Beast), a retelling of a classic fairy tale. This motion picture, starring Josette Day and
Category

1930s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Beauty and the Beast), a retelling of a classic fairy tale. This motion picture, starring Josette Day and
Category

1930s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Beauty and the Beast), a retelling of a classic fairy tale. This motion picture, starring Josette Day and
Category

1930s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Siren immobilised in marble locked in embrace and galleon ship in the background
Located in London, GB
. Inspired by 19th-century cabinet cards, medical illustration, sweet singing Scottish Selkies, Lyra and her
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2010s Romantic Portrait Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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Fairy Tale Illustration For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the fairy tale illustration you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Surrealist style, while we also have 5 Surrealist versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a fairy tale illustration from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right fairy tale illustration is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, white and gold. A fairy tale illustration from Jean Cocteau, David Hockney, Willy Pogany, J. J. Grandville and Frank Watkins — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, paint and watercolor, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Fairy Tale Illustration?

A fairy tale illustration can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,303, while the lowest priced sells for $125 and the highest can go for as much as $12,500.