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Karel Thole's 1963 art for J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World
A cautionary, “All good things come to an end…” While she dances away her day, the ground which supports her erodes into nothingness.
Continuing my look at the art of the vintage pulp Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror magazines and books, this week, the cover art by J Allen St John. If you love vintage pulp cover art too, visit Pulp Covers and Galactic Central for lots more.
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Here’s looking at you, kid. An intriguing piece of work by Dutch painter Karel Thole. Karel Thole was a massively prolific Dutch artist with a flair for combining both surreal science fiction themes with horror. For much of his career, Thole’s inspired artwork appeared on the cover of the number-one-selling Italian science fiction magazine (at the time) Urania. The magazine featured stories from premiere American sci-fi authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Alan Dean Foster, Philip K. Dick as well as English great, J.G. Ballard. Italian authors also contributed, though they were widely published under aliases. Thole was born Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole in Holland in 1914. He attended an arts-focused school in Amsterdam and would find work in and around the Netherlands as an artist until he relocated with his family to Italy in the late 50s. Once in Italy Thole’s work was embraced by the Italian art community. Thanks to his notoriety in Italy, it wouldn’t take long for images of Thole’s illustrations and paintings to reach the eyes of publishers in the U.S., Germany, and France—further solidifying his legacy as one of Europe’s most popular science fiction...
A 1972 proto-mouse
Here’s looking at you, kid. An intriguing piece of work by Dutch painter Karel Thole. Karel Thole was a massively prolific Dutch artist with a flair for combining both surreal science fiction themes with horror. For much of his career, Thole’s inspired artwork appeared on the cover of the number-one-selling Italian science fiction magazine (at the time) Urania. The magazine featured stories from premiere American sci-fi authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Alan Dean Foster, Philip K. Dick as well as English great, J.G. Ballard. Italian authors also contributed, though they were widely published under aliases. Thole was born Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole in Holland in 1914. He attended an arts-focused school in Amsterdam and would find work in and around the Netherlands as an artist until he relocated with his family to Italy in the late 50s. Once in Italy Thole’s work was embraced by the Italian art community. Thanks to his notoriety in Italy, it wouldn’t take long for images of Thole’s illustrations and paintings to reach the eyes of publishers in the U.S., Germany, and France—further solidifying his legacy as one of Europe’s most popular science fiction...
Surrealistic 70's serigraphies by Yugoslavian born Russian artist Nikolai Lutohin. Many of these illustrations appeared on the Sci-fi magazine Galaksija. Related: Yugodrom, a tumblr focused on "graphic aesthetics from ex Yugoslavia" Via: 50 Watts
Masako Kubo divides her time between New Zealand and Japan, which sounds like a pretty sweet deal with plenty...
The science fiction book cover is a hard one to get right. Go too far and it risks descending into cliché and general ridiculousness; too subtle and no one...
Imagine a combination of low-budget spaghetti westerns and Pixar cartoons, such as Toy Story. What world would it be set in and what stories would we be able to
Polish painter Jarosław Jaśnikowski, born in Legnica, is one of the most prolific painters of fantastic realism in Poland. Inspired by science fiction, and the great masters of Surrealism, his impressive images play with the laws of physics, architecture, vehicles, human bodies, and even politics.
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Space was not the final frontier for artist Roger Dean, best known for his album covers for the band Yes – he went far beyond the galaxies for these fantastical images
Nikolai Lutohin (1932 – 2000) è nato in Jugoslavia come figlio di genitori russi. Si interessò fin da giovane all’illustrazione e al fumetto. Studiò in Ungheria alla Art Academy di Buda…
The Best Of The Worst
J.R.R. Tolkien changed the face of the fantasy genre when he published "The Hobbit" in 1937 and subsequently his famous "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. But with this defining moment in the genre, many of the great works that preceded Tolkien have been forgotten in time. This list gives you my top ten underrated classics of fantasy prior to the publication of "The Hobbit."
Ilustracije Nikolaja Lutohina za časopis Galaksija
Simon Stålenhag's dystopian tableaux have been attracting a cult following for years
Surrealistic 70's serigraphies by Yugoslavian born Russian artist Nikolai Lutohin. Many of these illustrations appeared on the Sci-fi magazine Galaksija. Related: Yugodrom, a tumblr focused on "graphic aesthetics from ex Yugoslavia" Via: 50 Watts
Philip K. Dick: Eye in the sky. Ace 1957. Cover by Ed Valigursky.
Photos from Revised Children's Book Covers
In This Hub-Page We Journey Through Four Decades Of Album Art by Graphic Designer Roger Dean Also Including Record Label Art and Logo Designs and More.
From the cold-storage locker at the rear of the store, Victor Nielson wheeled a cart of winter potatoes to the vegetable section of the produce department.
M.C. Escher Another World II size: 36x28 cm Limited edition from 2004 A description of the work on the back Representative Work of Escher Tracked shipping via courier
