Paul Lehr, who studied illustration at the prestigious Pratt Institute, was one of the most prolific science fiction cover artists of the 60s and 70s. His futuristic and surreal landscapes remain in demand among collectors. A small sampling of his work can be found below.
Hunt Bowman is of no relation.
In honor of science fiction month, check out some of these vintage sci-fi covers from Planet Comics. Planet Comics was first published in 1940 and, after 73 issues, it ceased publication in 1953. As can be seen in the covers featured above and below, Planet Comics told stories of manly men rescuing gorgeous women from bug-eyed aliens and fiendish space pirates.
By Dan Zolnerowich
Artist Unknown
By Joe Doolin
By Joe Doolin
The next three covers are by Lily Renee, one of the few female artists from the Golden Age of pulp fiction.
By Joe Doolin
By Lily Renee
By Lily Renee
By Lily Renee
By Dan Zolnerowich
By Dan Zolnerowich
By Dan Zolnerowich
By Joe Doolin
By Maurice Whitman
Instead of featuring one artist for today’s artist profile, I’m instead featuring a magazine. Women in Crime was a pulp magazine that was published in the 1940s and the 1950s. While the covers, with their emphasis on lingerie and cleavage, were obviously designed to appeal to men, I like that they often feature strong women who know what they want and, whether it means using their looks or a gun, aren’t afraid to go after it. Check a few of them out below:
By Fred Charles Rodewald
By George Gross
By George Gross
By George Gross
By George Gross
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By Norman Rockwell
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
— William Blake
By Norman Rockwell
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
— Victor Hugo
By Norman Rockwell
Artist Clement Micarelli was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island and studied art at both The Pratt Institute and The Art Student’s League. Micarelli started his career as a commercial illustrator in 1955 but in 1971, after several years of lucrative success, Micarelli retired from the commercial field. He and his family left New York for Massachusetts, where Micarelli devoted himself to painting full time. His widely acclaimed portraits hang in collections around the world.
Below are some Micarelli’s commercial work, as well as two of his best known paintings.
By Joseph Christopher
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.
— Henry David Thoreau
By Norman Rockwell
By Natalia Vetrova
No quote necessary.
by Norman Rockwell
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.”
— Oscar Wilde
By Bridget Voth
If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
— W. Clement Stone
Through the Shattered Lens