John Anster Fitzgerald (1823 – 1906) was a Victorian era fairy painter and portrait artist. He was nicknamed “Fairy Fitzgerald” for his main genre. Many of his fairy paintings are dark and contain images of ghouls, demons, and references to drug use; his work has been compared to the surreal nightmare-scapes of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Brueghel. Reference: Wikipedia
Below are some examples and price guides of fairy art by John Anster Fitzgerald including a flower fairy and a scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
A flower fairy signed ‘J.A.FitzGerald’ (lower left) and dated ‘1861’ (lower right)
oil on canvas, laid down on board
20 x 15.5cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/8in).
painted oval
Sold for £25,500 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2023
‘Who killed cock robin’ – a study
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on artists board
8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (20.7 x 26.4 cm.)
Sold for GBP 13,750 at Christie’s in 2021
SNOWY MISCHIEF watercolour and bodycolour 34.5 x 27cm (13½ x 10½ in.
Sold for £18,000 at Dreweatts Donnington Priory in 2022
Titania and the changeling child – A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Pencil, watercolor and bodycolor.
c. late 19th century.
11 1/4” x 17 3/4” visible, 18” x 24 1/2” framed.
Sold for US$50,000 at Arader Galleries in 2019