Rackham was born at 210 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London as one of 12 children. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork.
His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. One of Rackham's illustrations to Das Rheingold, 1910, depicting Fasolt and Fafner seizing FreiaĪrthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator.
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