Hans Andersen was not only a writer of fairy stories, but a born satirist, an enthusiastic traveller and a talented visual artist. In youth, untaught, he produced vivid sketches of his travels in Italy, Turkey and Greece.
Throughout his life he cut out enchanting paper figures based on Danish folk tales, together with remarkable collages. And he put his own amazing life into his stories, together with thumbnail portraits of his friends. "Life" says this backstreet cobbler's son "is the greatest fairy story of all!"
Throughout his life he cut out enchanting paper figures based on Danish folk tales, together with remarkable collages. And he put his own amazing life into his stories, together with thumbnail portraits of his friends. "Life" says this backstreet cobbler's son "is the greatest fairy story of all!"
