Mikhail Nesterov Paintings

The Great Taking of the Veil, by Mikhail Nesterov. Religious life, and particularly the life of the clergy, is a … More

Photos of the 1900 Paris World Exposition

From the Brooklyn Museum Flickr collection. Click and zoom for a closer look.

William Morris Tapestries

Textile artist and renaissance man William Morris designed these gorgeous tapestries for Morris & Company in England in the late … More

Walter Crane’s Fairy Tale Illustrations

These illustrations are from Lucy Crane’s 1886 English translation of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by her brother, Walter Crane. More … More

Little Nemo

I wrote a post on The Chawed Rosin a couple of years ago about Windsor McCay‘s marvellous Little Nemo in … More

Abroad, a Victorian Children’s Travel Book

Abroad, a delightful travel book for children, is by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton, is written entirely in verse, and … More

Marjorie Flack’s Illustrations for Taktuk

Here are Marjorie Flack‘s illustrations from Taktuk, an Arctic Boy, which she wrote with Helen Lomen in 1928. Swiftly they … More

Illustrator Sanna Annukka

Sanna Annukka is a Finnish-British illustrator whose images combine the curviness and nature images of art nouveau with the precise … More

Dorothy Lathrop

I grew up with a set of books called the Junior Classics. I think they came as a bonus when … More

The Pohjola Insurance Building, Helsinki

This is the Pohjola Building, designed by Eliel Saarinen and built in 1901. The abundant decorative sculpture on the building … More

Photo of spiral staircase in art nouveau building in Helsinki

Old Helsinki Building

Here are some pictures of the building where I’m working. It has a lovely old staircase. (Click thumbnail for enlargements) … More

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Symbolist painter and all-around craftsperson Akseli Gallen-Kallela is perhaps the most beloved of all Finnish artists. His work is particularly … More

Hugo Simberg

Hugo Simberg was a Finnish symbolist painter and printmaker who was active at the turn of the century, a time … More

Little Nemo in Slumberland

Windsor McCay was the creator of the Little Nemo in Slumberland newspaper comics, which appeared in the New York Herald … More