Below is a glossary article post in the category F which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Fairy Painting based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Fairy Painting
So, what is actually meant by Fairy Painting?
Special fairy paintings related to the Victorian period, art that describes the fairy and other subjects of supernatural.
Explanation of Fairy Painting
Interest in fairy and supernatural is a phenomenon of the Victorian era and produces a distinctive string of art that describes the subject of the fairy taken from myths and legends and especially from the drama Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The initial example, pre-victorian is in Henry Fuseli, William Blake and Theodore von Holst. Then Richard Dadd made the main painting, but the most consistent and interesting was John Anster Fitzgerald. Richard Doyle also produced an important fairy illustration. Other contributions come from many painters including Charles Landseer and even Turner. The fairy painting reached its last flowering in the books of Arthur Rackham about 1900–14.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix F, as well as terms associated with F.
Meaning of Fairy Painting in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Fairy Painting.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Lukisan Peri (Indonesian), Lukisan dongeng (Java), and Lukisan dongéng in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Lukisan dongeng.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Fairy Painting.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix F. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=fairy-painting
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=fairy-painting
- View example images of fairy-painting through Google here
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