Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen, working in Europe during World War I, finished his own evocative version of A Thousand and One Nights. His mysticism-tinted take on the Arabian stories pushed ...

The book was massively popular when it was published and cemented Nielsen’s reputation as one of the best children’s illustrators of all time. In 2008, an original signed copy commanded the ...

Altadena was once the home of a world- renowned artist and illustrator of children’s books, Kay Nielsen. Nielsen was a man and his Danish first name is pronounced “kigh” as in high.

Kay Nielsen is one of the most illustrious names associated with the Golden Age of Illustration in the latter half of the 19th century.

Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen crafted the chilling Satanic fest “Night on Bald Mountain” for the 1940 film “Fantasia,” but he also created lighter images such as his ornate 1920s ...

Altadena was once the home of a world- renowned artist and illustrator of children’s books, Kay Nielsen. Nielsen was a man and his Danish first name is pronounced “kigh” as in high.