In 1997, Bluestar Communications issued a new edition of The Little Mermaid illustrated by Sulamith Wülfing. In doing so, they introduced a new generation to the remarkable art of this special lady.
She was born in Germany in 1901 and raised by very spiritual parents. The artist within her burst forth at the age of four. She had a very definite and personal style firmly developed before she received her first formal training at the Art College in Wuppertal. Graduating in 1921, she spent the next decade painting her vision of the world. When she married in 1932, she and her husband started a company to print and distribute her work. It was in existence until his death in 1976.
The Fantastic Art of Sulamith Wulfing is the title of the 1978 book and it is quite fitting. Her art is quite fantastical, yet it has a calmness and serenity seldom found in illustrative art.
(source: http://www.bpib.com/wulfing.htm)