Thursday, December 4, 2008

Princess Tuvstarr and friends

I just stumbled upon these really really amazing pieces of art by John Bauer, and I wanted to share them with you. They're from "Among Gnomes and Trolls" which is a Swedish annual publication about traditional folklore and fairytales. Most of these are from 1913-1915, the most famous being the one of Princess Tuvstarr sitting by the pool from "The story of Skutt the moose and little Princess Tuvstarr". Does anyone know this story or any of the other ones? I can't find them anywhere, in english at least. Anyway, here they are, enjoy!


















3 comments:

gradschooldropout said...

Yes, I have the book titled "Great Swedish Fairy Tales" published by Chatto & Windus. I actually got it on e-bay. There are lots of pictures in this book- you will love it.

Jellicles said...

hey hey...stumbled upon your blog...i too just finished reading great swedish fairy tales..altho' i am not sure the princess tuvstarr story is in it..

but here you go..

http://thecharlotteletter.blogspot.com/2008/12/prinsessan-tuvstarr-aka-princess.html

Esoterica.. said...

I found the story of Princess Tuvstarr or princess cottongrass on a different blog... hope u wud like it:

http://thecharlotteletter.blogspot.com/2008/12/prinsessan-tuvstarr-aka-princess.html