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This is a list of science fiction and fantasy artists, notable and well-known 20th- and 21st-century artists who have created book covers or interior illustrations for books, or who have had their own books or comic books of fantastic art with science fiction or fantasy themes published. Artists known exclusively for their work in comic books ...
John Berkey (August 13, 1932 – April 29, 2008) was an American artist known for his space and science fiction themed works. Some of Berkey's best-known work includes much of the original poster art for the Star Wars trilogy, the poster for the 1976 remake of King Kong and also the "Old Elvis Stamp".
His first science fiction art was published in 1970, but he has gone on to illustrate hundreds of covers for books, and for magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact.
Fuel is mined from Phobos with the help of a nuclear reactor. (Pat Rawlings, 1986) [1] Interior of a Stanford Torus as painted by Don Davis in the 1970s. This list of space artists includes artists who produce art and music about space and spaceflight and/or have artwork in space.
The term fantasy art is closely related, and is applied primarily to recent art (typically 20th century on wards) inspired by, or illustrating fantasy literature. [ citation needed ] Fantastic art has traditionally been largely confined to painting and illustration, but since the 1970s has increasingly been found also in photography.
Matthews has illustrated numerous books, including those by English fantasy and science fiction author Michael Moorcock. [7] [8] Their collaboration in the 1970s resulted in a series of 12 large posters, depicting scenes from Moorcock's Eternal Champion series. These images were also used for a 1978 calendar entitled "Wizardry and Wild Romance".
When a "space race" between the United States and the Soviet Union erupted in 1957, however, the Cold War amplified the region's flourishing commercial behemoth.
John Harris (born 29 July 1948) [1] is a British artist and illustrator, known for working in the science fiction genre. His paintings have been used on book covers for many authors, including Orson Scott Card, [2] Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Ben Bova, Wilbur Smith, Jack Vance, Ann Leckie, and John Scalzi. [3]