Art, Symbol & Imagination
Undine Reproves the Storm Clouds
A young woman lifts one arm beneath heavy sweeping clouds while wind disturbs the landscape around her. The gesture connects the small human figure to the great movement overhead. The caption describes Undine laughingly reproving the clouds and asking them not to wet her companions.
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Arthur Rackham. "Undine Reproves the Storm Clouds" [editorial title]. In Undine, Friedrich de la Motte Fouque; adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911; second impression, February 1911; adapted by W. L. Courtney, illustrated by Arthur Rackham., 1911, William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.. Source scan leaf 89. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0089
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Arthur Rackham. Undine Reproves the Storm Clouds. Undine. Scan leaf 89. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0089