Kay+Nielsen+(1886-1957).

.Also nurtured in a receptive environment was Kay Nielsen His father was a classical actor in his youth and later a director of the Dagmartheater, Copenhagen; his mother was an actress to the court of the royal Danish theater. Youthful recollections included such personalities as Ibsen, Bjornson, Grieg, and Lie. He would illustrate the traditional folklore and sagas as they were read aloud by his mother. The tone and texture of drawings and carvings brought home from China by his maternal grandfather fascinated Nielsen. Privately tutored from the age of twelve, he considered a medical career, but at seventeen left formal study for first-hand experience in the Montparnasse section of Paris, where he began sketching in black and white. After attending the Academies Julian and Colarossis, he moved to London from 1911 to 1916 and held his first American show in 1917. Settling in Los Angeles in 1939, he worked as an actor, director, set designer and muralist until his death in Hollywood. Much of his illustration was touched by the exquisite bizarrerie of Art Nouveau motifs.

The North Wind goes over the sea
East of the Sun, West of the Moon HODDER & STOUGHTON 1913

And flitted away as far as they could from the Castle that Lay East of the Sun and West of the Moon
East of the Sun and West of the Moon HODDER & STOUGHTON 1913

He took a long, long farewell of the Princess, and when he got out of the Giant's door there stood the Wolf waiting for him.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon HODDER & STOUGHTON 1913

The Lad in the Battle
East of the Sun and West of the Moon HODDER & STOUGHTON 1913

The Troll was quite willing, and before long he fell asleep and began snoring.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon HODDER & STOUGHTON 1913

The King went into the Castle, and at first his queen didn't know him, he was so wan and thin, through wandering so far and being so woeful.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon HODDER & STOUGHTON 1913

When the Cock crowed
In Powder and Crinoline HODDER & STOUGHTON 1912