Kay Nielsen
| Kay Rasmus Nielsen | |
|---|---|
 "On that island stands a church; in that church is a well; in that well swims a duck." Bogillustration (1914) | |
| Personlig information | |
| Født | Kay Rasmus Nielsen 12. marts 1886  København, Danmark |
| Død | 23. juni 1957 (71 år) Los Angeles, Californien, USA |
| Nationalitet | Dansk |
| Uddannelse og virke | |
| Felt | Illustrator og Tegner |
| Periode | Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) |
| Kendte værker | Illustrationer i "East of the Sun & West of the Moon", oversat af G. W. Dasent (1914) |
| Inspireret af | Asiatisk kunst, Persisk kunst, Aubrey Beardsley |
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Kay Rasmus Nielsen (København, 12. marts 1886 – Los Angeles, 21. juni 1957) var søn af skuespillerne Oda Nielsen og Martinus Nielsen. Han var en dansk tegner og illustrator. Han var populær i "guldalderen" i anglo-amerikansk bogillustration. Ligesom Arthur Rackham og Edmund Dulac var han kendt for sine illustrationer af gavebøger i det tidlige 20. århundrede. Nielsen er også kendt for sit samarbejde med Disney bl.a. i sekvensen En nat på Bloksbjerg i tegnefilmen Fantasia fra 1940. Sidst i 1940'erne og igen i 1950'erne vendte han tilbage til Danmark, hvor han opholdt sig i Bakkebølle. Nielsen rejste tilbage til U.S.A, hvor han døde [1].
Literatur
- David Larkin: "The Unknown Paintings of Kay Nielsen, with an Elegy by Hildegarde Flanner", Peacock Press / Bantam Books (1977). På engelsk.
- P. Chr. Asbjørnsen og Jørgen Moe: "Østen for solen og vesten for månen", Carlsen (1991). Dansk oversættelse af den engelske udgave og illustreret af P.J. Lynch. Eventyret blev oprindeligt udgivet på norsk i 1899.
- Noel Daniel: "Kay Nielsen - East of the Sun and West of the Moon", Taschen Gmbh (2015). På engelsk.
- Peter Christen Asbjørnsen og Jørgen Moe: "East of the Sun & West of the Moon". Udgivet 1914. Engelsk oversættelse af den norske udgave G. W. Dasent (1910) og illustreret af Kay Nielsen.
Referencer
- ^ David Larkin, red. (1977). The Unknown Paintings of Kay Nielsen, with an Elegy by Hildegarde Flanner. Peacock Press/Bantam Book.
Eksterne henvisninger
- Kay Nielsen Art and Illustration Arkiveret 27. juli 2016 hos Wayback Machine Art Passions, et frit on-line galleri.
- Kay Nielsen på Internet Movie Database (engelsk)
- Kay Nielsen på Filmdatabasen
- Kay Nielsen på Svensk Filmdatabas (svensk)
- Kay Nielsen på AlloCiné (fransk)
- Kay Nielsen på AllMovie (engelsk)
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‘“On that island stands a church; in that church is a well; in that well swims a duck.”’
Illustration by Kay Nielsen in East of the sun and west of the moon (1914).
In the early twentieth century several English publishers issued a series of collector’s editions of children’s literature. These gift books, specially bound in gold-tooled vellum, were elaborately illustrated with coloured plates by the best illustrators of the time such as Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Hugh Thomson, and Heath Robinson. One of the most stunning is East of the sun and west of the moon illustrated by the Danish illustrator, Kay Nielsen.
Nielsen (1886-1957) was born in Denmark and studied art in Paris. He was influenced by the styles of Aubrey Beardsley, Edward Burne-Jones and the influx of Japanese art that was spreading to the West at this time. East of the sun was his second book and is considered to be his masterpiece and one of the most beautiful illustrated children’s books ever produced.
Nielsen’s burgeoning career was interrupted by World War I, and never really recovered. His publisher, Hodder & Stoughton tried unsuccessfully to reinvigorate the market for gift books after the war and in 1924 and 1925 issued two further fairy tales books illustrated by Nielsen, but these were on a more modest scale and the demand for extravagant books of this type had gone. Nielsen fell into obscurity and died in poverty in 1957.