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Charles Altamont Doyle (1832–1893) painted ‘bucolic phantasmagoria’ which took a darker turn when he used his art to protest he'd been wrongfully confined in Montrose Asylum. His son Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also fascinated with #faery and the spirit world.
#folklore

In 1991, Beni Montresor (b. Italy 1926-2001) illustrated the Charles Perrault version of Little Red Riding Hood, referencing Gustave Doré's (1832-83) illustrations. Red's demise is macabre, but the final image of her intact & the hunter's silhouette gives hope #FairyTaleTuesday

Illustrations for #ghoststories from THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, humorous tales & poems written by Richard Harris Barham (pen name Thomas Ingoldby)based on actual legends & myths. Compiled into books published from 1840 & illustrated by John Leech, A. Rackham + more #FolkloreThursday

#OTD 1904 the play #PeterPan debuted. It was inspired in part by J.M. Barrie’s admiration for the highly popular Christmas season "musical dream play" BLUEBELL IN FAIRYLAND (1901), book by actor/ writer Seymour Hicks. Ellaline Terriss played Bluebell the flower girl.
#theatre

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads…
“The Christmas Dream” by French artist-adventurer Jules Tavernier (1844-1889)— the content pre-empting many a contemporary horror film.
#GothicAdvent

Illustrations from THE FAIRY ALPHABET by Fanny Young Cory (1877–1972), cartoonist, book & magazine illustrator. She was one of America's first female syndicated cartoonists; her comic strips included Sonnysayings and Little Miss Muffet #FairyTaleTuesday #picturebooks

To wish someone wealth and prosperity, give them a gift of #spider jewellery. Spiders symbolise reward and recognition for creativity and hard work. #ArtDeco #GothicAdvent

“Caged” (1919) a pastel by Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941); Ford was a prolific British artist, well-known for his illustrations for Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. Gorgeous portrait. Subtext?

Illustrations by contemporary Irish artist PJ Lynch for “The Snow Queen” (1844) by Hans Christian Andersen: the icy Queen of the snow bees and the troll mirror which makes one see only ugliness in the world #FairytaleTuesday #GothicAdvent

From Fatima Ronquillo’s “Mythologies” exhibition: Athena with owl, Narcissist (w/ self-portrait) Hebe & eagle, Hermes. Ronquillo (b. 1976) seeks to create worlds in her paintings where art history meets imagined characters from mythology, literature, theatre #MythologyMonday