Golden Age Bohemian: Artuš Scheiner

Early-twentieth century illustrations by Artuš Scheiner (1863 Benešov – 1938 Prague) Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Under Command Of Magic by J. Š. Kubín (1920s) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola For the last few years, my flickr friend Josef Skrhola has been documenting the work of Artuš Scheiner, scanning 384 images from at least ten different books. I've pulled some of my favorites for this post. A Cotsen Children's Library exhibit calls Scheiner "a prolific Bohemian artist, whose work was widely published in Czechoslovakia and Austria" and adds that "except for his illustrations for Božena Nemcová's The Disobedient Kids and other Czecho-Slovak Fairy Tales (1921), Scheiner's work is not well known in the English-speaking world." Cobbling some facts from a Google Translation of the Czech wikipedia entry: Scheiner, working as a financial clerk in Prague, began drawing as a hobby. He was completely self-taught. Soon magazines in Austria, Germany, and Hungary began publishing his drawings. From 1897 he began publishing in various Czech magazines, and 1902 saw the release of his first book of fairy tale illustrations. Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Under Command Of Magic by J. Š. Kubín (1920s) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Under Command Of Magic by J. Š. Kubín (1920s) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Under Command Of Magic by J. Š. Kubín (1920s) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1924) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1924) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1924) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Romance About The Faithful Friendship Of Amis And Amil, a novel by Julius Zeyer see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for František Ruth's Ancient Fairy-Tales (1920) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for František Ruth's Ancient Fairy-Tales (1920) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for František Ruth's Ancient Fairy-Tales (1920) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Romance About The Faithful Friendship Of Amis And Amil, a novel by Julius Zeyer see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Romance About The Faithful Friendship Of Amis And Amil, a novel by Julius Zeyer see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Božená Němcová's Disobedient Kids... see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Caption: All at once, she saw little stars falling in her path way. She wanted to see what they looked like. They were yellow, bright and shining. She began to gather them up in her hands, tossing them up and down. "Oh, if I only had an apron!" Why there was an apron! Then she collected the little yellow stars in her apron, and growing very tired, fell asleep. Cover illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Božená Němcová's Disobedient Kids... see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus by Artus Scheiner for Kulihrásek v hlubinách morskych / Kulihrásek in the Depths of the Sea (1932) via Cotsen Children's Library Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Vyšehrad by Julius Zeyer see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Vyšehrad by Julius Zeyer see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Vyšehrad by Julius Zeyer see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Vyšehrad by Julius Zeyer see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Otesanek! Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Zlatovláska / Princess Goldie by Karel Jaromír Erben see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Zlatovláska / Princess Goldie by Karel Jaromír Erben see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Zlatovláska / Princess Goldie by Karel Jaromír Erben see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Zlatovláska / Princess Goldie by Karel Jaromír Erben see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Fairy Tales Of Božena Němcová see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Fairy Tales Of Božena Němcová see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Illus. by Artuš Scheiner for King Mouselet And Prince Youth - The Bold Dwarfs' Adventures (1905) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Wonderful decorations by Artuš Scheiner for King Mouselet And Prince Youth (1905) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola Cover illus. by Artuš Scheiner for King Mouselet And Prince Youth by T. E. Tisovský Cover illus. by Artuš Scheiner for Tales from Shakespeare (1923) see the original flickr post by Josef Skrhola See all posts tagged "Czech" on 50 Watts