The Haunted Wood
Arthur Rackham, 1913Fine art reproduction on 200gsm matte paper. A5 to A3, plus 12x16 inches.The trees have hands. And she has only just noticed.
Arthur Rackham painted The Haunted Wood in 1913. Rackham was the great illustrator of the golden age of the fairy tale book, famous for Grimm's Fairy Tales, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. His trees are never only trees. They twist, reach and watch.
Look closely at the left. A young woman with copper hair crouches in a pale gown among the branches, her hand raised to her face, while two great birds swoop through the tangle above her. Every twig is drawn with Rackham's fine, nervous line and washed in autumn browns and golds. Notice his signature, written into the undergrowth at lower right.
The look
Autumn bronze, moss and smoky gold with a glimpse of evening blue. Eerie, delicate and beautifully tangled. Fairy tale wall art for a reading room, a gothic bedroom or a book nook, and dark cottagecore with a folk horror chill.
Sizes
| Size | Centimetres | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| A5 | 14.8 x 21 cm | 5.8 x 8.3 in |
| A4 | 21 x 29.7 cm | 8.3 x 11.7 in |
| A3 | 29.7 x 42 cm | 11.7 x 16.5 in |
| 12 x 16 in | 30.5 x 40.6 cm | 12 x 16 in |
This painting stops at A3. Above that size the original photograph loses the fine detail of the brushwork, so the shop does not offer it.
Custom sizes on request. Inch sizes have a slightly different shape from A sizes, so the edges trim a little. Size guide
Frames and delivery
Choose a black, white or oak frame, or order the print unframed. It is printed locally in the UK, Europe, the US, Canada or Australia, at the location closest to you. Free tracked shipping, no customs fees. Printing and delivery
Gifting
A spellbinding gift for a birthday, a housewarming or a new reading nook. A page from a fairy tale you have never read.
More like this
More haunted woods in our Dark Romanticism Art collection: Forest Ghost and Night Travellers at a Cross by László Mednyánszky, and Deer in the Forest by Eugen Krüger.
