David Hockney's interpretation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales are like no other version you will have read before. Although inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, from Arthur Rackham to Edmund Dulac, Hockney's extraordinary etchings re-imagine these strange and supernatural stories for a modern audience, capturing their distinctive atmosphere in a style that is recognisably the artist's own. Reprinted for the first time since its original publication in 1969, Hockney's book brings together some well-known tales - Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin - with others that are less familiar. Informed by great art of the past, attuned to idiosyncrasies of character and incident, and fresh in execution and content, his illustrations invite us to read each one as if for the first time.
| ISBN: | 9781907533242 |
| Publication date: | 18th November 2019 |
| Author: | Heiner Bastian, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, David Hockney, Royal Academy of Arts Great Britain |
| Publisher: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 70 pages |
| Series: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Paintings and painting Individual artists, art monographs |