Arthur Rackham born in London, England on September 19, 1867. Arthur Rackham dies in Croydon, England on September 6, 1939. Noted for his graceful pen line softened with muted watercolors and backgrounds filled nuggets of imagery. Rackham illustrated such classics as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906) and A Midsummer-Night's Dream (1908).