Kay Nielsen’s Fairytale Illustrations

One of the main inspirations behind our November catalog was the work of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen, whose gorgeous imagery has accompanied  many of the fairy tales featured in our book. Like the stories themselves, fairytale illustrations stretch the realm of your imagination and allow you to lose yourself in a world where reality doesn’t exist. They are captivating to look at, and would make such amazing wall art. You can purchase prints of his work here.

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Rachel
11 years ago

kaye is one of my favorites and a huge inspiration for my own art! edmund dulac, arthur rackham, and john bauer are also wonderful if you’re a nielson fan

11 years ago

these are gorgeous. love.

M
11 years ago

These are amazing! The last 3 are my favorite.

Kari
11 years ago

These are fantastic! And the new November catalog is one of my absolute favorites!

11 years ago

تصویرهای بسیار زیبایی است.wery nais

11 years ago

i love his work…wow! so whimsical and really unique. thanks for posting this!

11 years ago

very Acceptable

11 years ago

Thank you for introducing me to Kay Nielsen guys, you made my day ♥

Delphine
11 years ago

Amazing work, I love old farytales book, and i just fell in love with this artist! Maybe i can find on internet an old book he illustrated to enlarge my collection… Thanks for this discovery!

10 years ago

So Incredibly enchanting & magical.

Anonymous
5 years ago

Love Kay Nielsen! I’m 6 years late, but how coincidental! I applied some years ago to design job with free people in December 2011, with pictures of my sketchbook(probably not the best idea looking back). This timing makes sense because they would have been designing the 2012 fall winter items. The sketchbook included pictures of Kay Nielsen images with ideas for designs I had sketched alongside. My cover letter included a bio of being inspired by fairy and folk tales. I guess they liked my ideas but didn’t want to hire me?

mrs. Ainee C. Beland
3 years ago

Here’s to the Danes!