Arthur Rackham b. 1867 England, UK

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Arthur Rackham came to Australia in his youth but found success and fame back in London with his fantastic children's book illustrations.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Arthur Rackham
Birth date
9 September 1867
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
6 September 1939
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.1893- c.1939 London, England, UK
  • c.1886- c.1893 Australia
  • c.1867- c.1886 England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Illustrator
Arrival
  • c.1886
Active Period
  • c.1886
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Lambeth School of Art, London, England, UK
  • City of London schools, London, England, UK
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

illustrator, was born in England on 9 September 1867 and educated at the City of London schools and the Lambeth School of Art. He came to Australia in youth (c.1886); watercolour paintings of Australian scenes are extant.

Back at London Rackham became famous for his fantastic children’s book illustrations. In 1893 he married Edith Starkie, who had studied art at the Slade and later in Paris; they had one daughter. He died on 6 September 1939.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
spouse of
Edith Starkie
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Minnie Isabella Rowe
1882
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
Citations:
  • Greenwall, Ryno, (1992), Artists and Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War, (Place: Vlaeburg, South Africa : Fernwood Press (re pen and ink Boer War cartoon 1901 in Africana Museum), 191)