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 - 9 also. This is part 10 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:
1953- Shell X-100 Motor Oil advertisements:
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1953 Time magazine
Amateur Photographer |
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1953 Time magazine April 27
Test Pilot Bridgeman |
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1953 Time magazine August 3
Allen W. Dulles, Head of CIA |
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1953 Time magazine August 3
Allen W. Dulles, Head of CIA artwork |
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1953 Time magazine February 2
Harold S. Vance |
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1953 Time magazine February 2
Harold S. Vance artwork |
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1953 Time magazine June 29
James H. Kindelberger |
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1953 Time magazine June 29
James H. Kindelberger |
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1953 Time magazine March 16
Joseph Stalin |
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1953 Time magazine March 16
Joseph Stalin |
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1953 Time magazine October 19
Superintendent William Jansen |
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1953 Time magazine October 19
Superintendent William Jansen |
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1954 Bore Miller
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| 1954 Brown & Sharpe Screw Cutter |
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| 1954 Electric Welder |
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1954 Lathe
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| 1954 Milling |
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| 1954 Pentagon Computer |
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1954 Planing
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1954 Radial Drill
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1954 Time magazine February 1
Harry J. Grant |
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1954 Time magazine February 1
Harry J. Grant artwork |
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1954 Time magazine February 22
Paul E. Magloire |
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1954 Time magazine February 22
Paul E. Magloire artwork |
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1954 Time magazine
Jazzman Dave Brubeck |
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1954 Time magazine
Konrad Adenauer |
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1954 Time magazine March 29
Dr. Jonas Salk |
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1954 Time magazine March 29
Dr. Jonas Salk |
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1954 Time magazine
Sears Roebuck's Robert E. Wood |
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1955 Life magazine
"The Gods and Demons" |
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1955 Life magazine
"The Gods and Demons" detail |
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1955 Life magazine
"The Gods and Demons" detail |
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1955 Life magazine
"The Gods and Demons" detail |
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1955 Time magazine August 8
Roy Campanella |
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1955 Time magazine August 8
Roy Campanella |
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1955 Time magazine December 12
Toymaker Louis Marx |
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1955 Time magazine December 12
Toymaker Louis Marx |
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1955 Time magazine March 28
IBM's Thomas Watson Jr. |
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1955 Time magazine May 9
Marshall Georgy Zhukov |
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1955 Time magazine May 9
Marshall Georgy Zhukov |
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1955 Time magazine May 16
Caltech's Lee DuBridge |
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1955 Time magazine May 16
Caltech's Lee DuBridge |
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1955 Time magazine October 17
Ed Sullivan |
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1955 Time magazine October 17
Ed Sullivan |
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