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Category Archives: Art
Artist Profile: Peter Driben (1903 — 1968)
Peter Driben was one of the most prominent and prolific artists of the pin-up era. The son of Russian immigrants, he was born in Boston and dropped out of school in order to work and help support his family. Eventually, he was able to take night classes at the Vesper George School of Art. He moved to New York in 1936 and found work doing covers for pulp magazines like Silk Stocking, Beauty Parade, and Flirt. Though Driben is best known for his pin-ups, he also did true crime covers and advertising work.
Artist Profile: Dan dos Santos
Dan dos Santos is one of the top illustrators in the fantasy and science fiction field. You can see more of his work here.
Artist Profile: Wilbur Thomas (1900–1992)
Wilbur Thomas painted covers for pulp magazines from 1929 until 1940, when he became the art director for an advertising agency. He is best remembered for several covers that he did for Black Mask, which featured shadowy figures caught in sinister acts.
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Artist Profile: Max Ginsburg (1931– )
Max Ginsburg is a social realist painter who, since entering the art world in the 1960s, has been widely acclaimed for his paintings of New York City street life. Starting in 1980, he supplemented his income through commercial illustration. Up until his retirement from the commercial field in 2004, Ginsburg painted covers for over 800 titles. A small sampling of both his commercial work and his fine art can be found below.
Artist Profile: Aleta Rafton
Aleta Rafton is an award-winning book cover artist, who has illustrated hundreds of books in the fantasy and romance genre. More of her work can be seen here.
Artist Profile: Jon Paul
Jon Paul is one of the most renowned artist/photographers in the Romance Novel Cover Art industry. The covers of Jon Paul appear regularly on books issued by the leading romance novel publishing houses. I know that I’ve got more than few of them sitting in my bedroom. More of Paul’s work can be seen at his site.
Artist Profile: Raymond Pease (1908 — 1990)
Raymond Pease was a painter and an illustrator. Born in Vermont, Pease attended Grand Central Art School and the National Academy of Design in New York City, and received a B.F.A. degree from the Yale University School of Art. He also studied art in Paris at the Ecoles des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian. Along with painting portraits, still lifes, and portraits of horses, Pease did illustrations for magazines and book covers for Signet and Pocket Books. Pease lived the latter years of his life in Arizona.
A sampling of his work can be found below.
Artist Profile: J.K. Potter
J.K. Potter is one of the most renowned artists working in the fantasy and horror field but there doesn’t seem to be much personal information available. Even his website, JKPotter.com, is lacking in the biographical details that one would normally expect to find. Fortunately, his images speak for themselves.
Artist Profile: Raymond Bayless (1920 — 2004)
Born in Oakland, California, Raymond Bayless was a self-taught artist who, by the end of his career, had his still-life paintings hanging in the National Air and Space Museum, the State Department, and the Pentagon. He is best known for his fantasy and horror-themed illustrations, many of which writings of H.P. Lovecraft. Bayless also wrote several books on parapsychology.
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