Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) fought with anti-communist White Russians before emigrating to America (he spoke no English and arrived with 14 cents). A chameleon, able to adapt different styles, from children's books to portraits. Renowned for his ability to turn machines into living beings (and living beings into who-knows-what). Advisor to the Psychological Warfare branch during WW II. A profuse illustrator for mainstream magazines: Life, Fortune, and Time (producing over two hundred covers for the latter). He illustrated fifty books, including those he wrote himself, notably "As I See." He did many illustrations for advertising; for Xerox, Shell Oil, Pan Am, Casco Power Tools, Alcoa Steamship lines, Parke Davis, Avco Manufacturing, Scotch Tape, Wickwire Spencer Steele, Vultee Aircraft, World Airways, and Parker Pens. Mechanics Illustrated profiled him with a cover story in 1954, "When Machines Come to Life."
For more information on Artzybasheff see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 4 also. This is part 5 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:
1935 The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney:
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1937 Seven Simeons; a Russian Tale by Boris Artzybasheff:
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1937 The Last Trumpet
wood engraving on Japan paper 28.4 x 18.3 cm |
1940s World War II:
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| 1940 Cannon |
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1940 Fortune magazine September issue
A Pilot's Blackout |
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1940 Fortune magazine
Southeast Asia & Japanese Controlled Areas |
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Japanese Warship
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New Nazi Flag
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P-38 Lightning
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1941 Barrage Balloons
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| 1941 Imperturbable Tank Attack |
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| 1941 Nazi Radio Propaganda |
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| 1942 Swastikas |
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1942 Wickwire Spencer Steel Company
Conveyor to Cook the Axis Goose |
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1942 Wickwire Spencer Steel Company
Springs with Stings |
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1943 Wickwire Spencer Steel Company
Jinnees of Freedom |
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1943 Wickwire Spencer Steel Company
The Spirit of '43 |
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1944 Jet Propulsion Buzz Bomb
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1941 Fortune magazine April issue
Japan in Asia |
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1941 Fortune magazine
Aviation's Backlog: These are the successive loads heaped upon a young industry |
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1941 Fortune magazine December issue
Economic Mobilisation |
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1941 Fortune magazine June issue
Cosmos of The UCC |
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1941 Time magazine
Joseph Stalin |
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1941 Time magazine
Joseph Stalin artwork |
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1941 Time magazine
Marshal Timoshenko |
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1941 Time magazine
Marshal Timoshenko artwork |
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| 1942 Advertisement for Wickwire Spencer Steel Company |
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1942 Land of Unreason by Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp
published by Henry Holt and Co., New York |
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1942 Time magazine
Reich Marshall Hermann Goering -Director Air Operations artwork |
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1942 Time magazine
Reinhard Heydrich - Gestapo Chief |
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1942 Time magazine
Reinhard Heydrich - Gestapo Chief artwork |
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