Since Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted his metamorphic portraits in the 16th century, several artists decided to make this kind of composite paintings. In particular, in the last decade of the 19th century, fantasy postcards with metamorphic images of famous people or mythological characters became popular.
<- Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) - self-portrait
Other cards of similar design or showing other deceptive or surreal images as well as novelty and puzzle cards are included in this album.
Also included, under a broad definition of “fantasy,” are cards showing fairyland images by English illustrators Margaret Tarrant (1888-1959), René Cloke (1904-1995) and Warwick Goble (1864-1943) as well as romantic imaginery visions of childhood by German artist Berta Hummel (1909-1946) and others.
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