Warwick Goble
Japanese Fairy Tales and
Fairy paintings

Warwick Goble's fairy paintings are known more for Japanese folk tales and Asian influences.

Although Goble made a late start at illustrating books, he produced some gorgeous art work. As the public swarmed in the early 20th century for color-plate books, it was a moment of intense production...

He was born in 1862. He grew up in London and went to the Westminster School of Art. He collaborated with illustrated papers such as the Pall Mall or the Westminster Gazette and did this for years before taking up book illustration more seriously.

He exhibited his work in the Royal Academy and his watercolors were beautifully done and began illustrating books in 1896. It was only some time later that he brought about his influences from Japan and Arabia, into his painting and gained that ethereal feel to it.

As the market was ripe for color-plate books, and as one can see the influence of Edmund Dulac's and his own fascination for Oriental motifs, Goble illustrated some very interesting fairy tales.

Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales in 1910 or The Indian Myth and Legend from 1913 show an artist specialized in Asian tales for which he known for.

Warwick died in 1943 but also created illustrations for the Grimm's Fairy Tales, Il Pentamerone, The Book of Fairy Poetry, and mythological creatures.

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