The deepest natural experience, a secure sense of style, and an eye for the essential come together in the fairy tale images of John Bauer, creating a unique and profound experience for both young and older viewers. They remain unforgettable because they reflect what the inner eye has always envisioned: the great forest of fairy tales with its eerie figures and the delicate beauty of a princess. In his atmospheric Art Nouveau illustrations, John Bauer created a fairy tale world in the brief period between 1907 and 1915, a magic that no generation of children in Sweden has been able to escape since. His clumsy trolls, grown from tree stumps, mossy stones, and coniferous trees, are often foolishly cunning and coarse, sometimes friendly, but always curious about the world of humans, alongside his delicate princesses and his cheeky, brave characters.