KEY NIELSEN
Danish illustrator (1886-1957)
Biography:
Kay Nielsen was born in Copenhage in 1886. He was Find's pupil and later on he decided to go to Paris to study. In London, under the influnece of Bradsley, he illustrates several children's books. In 1917 he exhibits in New York. He setlles down in USA, where he works for film companies.
Works illustrated by Kay Nielsen:
Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy tales. Doran, 1924.
Andersen, Fairy tales. New York: Viking Press, 1981. [Illustrations are reproduced from a copy of the 1924 edition in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.]
Peter Christian Asbjornson, East of the sun and west of the moon: old tales from the north. New York: Doran, n.d.
Brothers Grimm. Hansel and Gretel: Stories from the Brothers Grimm, 12 colored plates by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.
Jacob Grimm, Hansel and Gretel and other stories. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.