Collecting Fairies

The heyday of fairy painting was from 1840-1870.  Richard Dadd is recognised as the most superior of the Victorian fairy painters.  His well known paintings such as ‘The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke’ and ‘Contradiction, Oberon and Titania’, allow us to view a detailed world full of fairies. 

Other established artists such as Landseer soon realised the popularity of this type of painting and produced their own versions.  Fairies also appealed to the Pre-Raphaelites, who were drawn by the naturalistic settings, mythological, narrative themes and delicate characters. Continue reading »

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