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The East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Kay Nielsen (1886-1957), Danish illustrator.

This artist is known to have been hired in 1939 by Disney, in order to carry out studies as part of the future film projects of the firm, and will remain, in the end, a short time in this job, judging it in all the extent of his career.

The essence of his work consists in an important quantity of illustrations of tales or collections, in the first half of the twentieth century, in what will be called the Golden Age of illustration.

His style, characteristic of Art Nouveau, is recognizable among all, with its impacting strong black backgrounds and elegant and graceful characters.

(The pictures are illustrations from The East of the Sun and West of the Moon, 1914 ; and belong to public domain)