Among trolls and dwarves
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Among trolls and dwarves
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The collection includes thirty-four fairy tales by Scandinavian writers. Their translation from Swedish was made by V. Yu. The edition is decorated with magnificent illustrations by the talented Swedish artist Jon Bauer (1882-1918). At the end of the book is a selection of his drawings from different years.
All Swedish fairy tales in this collection are illustrated with magnificent drawings by Swedish artist Jon Bauer. This is the main feature of this edition. Bauer was not the only artist who turned to the folklore of his native country, but he occupies a very special place among such artists. His depictions of fairy trolls and dwarves are so original and distinctive that they make you believe in the existence of a fairy-tale world inhabited by these creatures. Jon was born in the town of Jönköping in the summer of 1882. The future artist's father Josef was a sausage merchant. Jon had two brothers and a sister, but the interest in drawing showed only one. The boy was always scribbling something in a notebook and on pieces of paper; in school notebooks he drew caricatures of his teachers. At first his parents treated this activity as a youthful dalliance, but when Jon was sixteen, he declared that he wanted to get a full-fledged art education in Stockholm, and entered the Royal Academy of Free Arts. Already during the first year of study his teachers noted the special talent of Bauer - even very small of his work was inherent in a certain monumentality. Jon went headlong into his studies - he sketched medieval costumes, plants, studied composition and the basics of traditional drawing. Bauer managed to realize his dream. A peculiar turning point in his artistic education was a trip to the north of the country - in Lapland. Landscapes and life of people of this harsh region made a strong impression on the artist. Rich ethnographic material, which Jon collected in Lapland, helped him in the future when working on illustrations for Swedish fairy tales. And there was plenty of work to do: in 1907 Sweden began publishing an almanac called "Among Dwarves and Trolls". It was a yearbook in which Swedish writers printed various fairy tales and folklore stories. The idea was a success - the almanac still exists today. Jon was lucky enough to illustrate all its issues published before 1915, with the exception of the fifth collection for 1911. Unfortunately, the life of the artist tragically ended on November 20, 1918, when Jon with his young wife and young son reached Stockholm on the steamer "Per Brahe". The vessel was caught in a storm and capsized. All crew members and passengers drowned. Bauer was only 36 years old at the time. When the wreckage was brought to the surface four years later, the remains of the Bauer family were buried in southern Sweden, in the artist's hometown.
All Swedish fairy tales in this collection are illustrated with magnificent drawings by Swedish artist Jon Bauer. This is the main feature of this edition. Bauer was not the only artist who turned to the folklore of his native country, but he occupies a very special place among such artists. His depictions of fairy trolls and dwarves are so original and distinctive that they make you believe in the existence of a fairy-tale world inhabited by these creatures. Jon was born in the town of Jönköping in the summer of 1882. The future artist's father Josef was a sausage merchant. Jon had two brothers and a sister, but the interest in drawing showed only one. The boy was always scribbling something in a notebook and on pieces of paper; in school notebooks he drew caricatures of his teachers. At first his parents treated this activity as a youthful dalliance, but when Jon was sixteen, he declared that he wanted to get a full-fledged art education in Stockholm, and entered the Royal Academy of Free Arts. Already during the first year of study his teachers noted the special talent of Bauer - even very small of his work was inherent in a certain monumentality. Jon went headlong into his studies - he sketched medieval costumes, plants, studied composition and the basics of traditional drawing. Bauer managed to realize his dream. A peculiar turning point in his artistic education was a trip to the north of the country - in Lapland. Landscapes and life of people of this harsh region made a strong impression on the artist. Rich ethnographic material, which Jon collected in Lapland, helped him in the future when working on illustrations for Swedish fairy tales. And there was plenty of work to do: in 1907 Sweden began publishing an almanac called "Among Dwarves and Trolls". It was a yearbook in which Swedish writers printed various fairy tales and folklore stories. The idea was a success - the almanac still exists today. Jon was lucky enough to illustrate all its issues published before 1915, with the exception of the fifth collection for 1911. Unfortunately, the life of the artist tragically ended on November 20, 1918, when Jon with his young wife and young son reached Stockholm on the steamer "Per Brahe". The vessel was caught in a storm and capsized. All crew members and passengers drowned. Bauer was only 36 years old at the time. When the wreckage was brought to the surface four years later, the remains of the Bauer family were buried in southern Sweden, in the artist's hometown.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Library of World Literature