30/01/2019
When Arthur Rackham presented his version of Undine - the water spirit who marries a human in order to gain an immortal soul - his editor thought it strange. The great artist explained: "She is by nature strange. Still wild, not quite human. Therein lies her beauty."
The edition was published, to great acclaim, in 1909. And this image - "Undine at the Window" - remained one of Rackham's favorite works.