When you think of Grimm’s collected fairy tales, images of Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty usually come to mind. But the Brothers Grimm also recorded some of the darkest stories underlying German folklore with some often-disturbing imagery. Their work as folklorists and academics came at a time steeped in early-Romantic fascination with the highly imaginative, placing the dark and eerie alongside the fantastical. For that reason and many others besides, Grimm’s fairy tales have long been a source of artistic inspiration in a variety of media. Read More