Kay Nielsen (12 March 1886 – 23 June 1957)

Kay Nielsen, Illustration to East of the Sun and 

West of the Moon 1914.

Kay Nielsen was a Danish illustrator of children's books, 

a representative of the "Golden Age of Illustration" in England 

and the United States.

He is known for his collaboration with Disney, for which he 

provided sketches and illustrations for the animated musical 

film Fantasia and the film adaptation of The Little Mermaid, 

which was not made during Nielsen's lifetime, and his work 

was not used until production of the animated film began 

in the 1980s.

Kay Nielsen, The Virgin Mary 1914.

Kay Nielsen, The Lad in the Battle.

Kay Nielsen, Image in the Water 1914.

Kay Nielsen, Illustration in a Collection

 of Tales 1921.

Kay Nielsen, Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories 1921.

Kay Nielsen, Illustration in a Collection of Tales 1921.

Kay Nielsen, Old Tales from the North 1922.

Kay Nielsen, Illustration to East of the Sun and 

West of the Moon 1914.

Kay Nielsen, The Lad in the Bear's Skin, and the King of 

Arabia's Daughter 1921.

Kay Nielsen, Illustration to East of the Sun and 

West of the Moon 1914.

Kay Nielsen, Illustration to East of the Sun and 

West of the Moon 1914.

Kay Nielsen, Stranger.

Kay Nielsen, In the Midst of the Gloomy Thick Wood.