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 - 10 also. This is part 11 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:
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| 1955 Time magazine September 12 Lt. Colonel Paul Stapp |
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| 1955 Time magazine September 12 Lt. Colonel Paul Stapp |
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| 1955 Time magazine February 14 Carl Jung |
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| 1955 Time magazine February 14 Carl Jung |
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| 1956 Time magazine April 30 Russia's Nikita Krushchev |
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| 1956 Time magazine April 30 Russia's Nikita Krushchev |
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| 1956 Time magazine August Stavros Niarchos |
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| 1956 Time magazine August Stavros Niarchos |
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| 1956 Time magazine December 7 Weatherman Carl-Gustaf Rossby |
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| 1956 Time magazine December 7 Weatherman Carl-Gustaf Rossby |
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| 1956 Time magazine January 2 General Motors' Curtice |
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| 1956 Time magazine January 2 General Motors' Curtice |
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| 1956 Time magazine June 25 World Bank's Eugene Black |
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| 1956 Time magazine June 25 World Bank's Eugene Black |
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| 1956 Time magazine March 19 France's Pierre Poujade |
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| 1956 Time magazine March 19 France's Pierre Poujade |
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| 1956 Time magazine September 3 Washington State Governor Arthur Langlie |
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| 1956 Time magazine September 3 Washington State Governor Arthur Langlie |
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| 1956 Time magazine The Missile |
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| 1957 Automation? You name it… We'll tape it! Advertisement |
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| 1957 Self-Portrait photograph and ink on paperboard 34.3 x 26 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1957 Time magazine June 24 Road Builders |
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| 1957 Time magazine June 24 Road Builders artwork tempera on masonite 45.7 x 35.6 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1957 Time magazine May 13 Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. |
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| 1957 Time magazine October 14 The U.S. Repairman |
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| 1957 Time magazine October 14 The U.S. Repairman artwork acrylic on canvas 45.1 x 35.6 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1957 Time magazine September 6 Russia's Anastas Mikoyan |
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| 1957 Time magazine September 6 Russia's Anastas Mikoyan artwork tempera and pencil on paper 31.8 x 23.2 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1958 Fabled Voyages Bizarre Findings of Lunar Fiction |
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| 1958 Fabled Voyages Bizarre Findings of Lunar Fiction detail |
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| 1958 Fabled Voyages Bizarre Findings of Lunar Fiction detail |
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| 1958 Time magazine January 6 Nikita Khrushchev, Man the Year |
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| 1958 Time magazine January 6 Nikita Khrushchev, Man the Year artwork tempera on masonite 31.8 x 22.5 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1958 Time magazine July 14 Geneticist George W. Beadle |
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| 1958 Time magazine July 14 Geneticist George W. Beadle artwork tempera and pencil on masonite 47.6 x 38.1 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1958 Time magazine US Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy |
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| 1959 Time magazine Atomic Submarine's Admiral Rickover |
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| 1959 Time magazine February 23 The Telephone Man |
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| 1959 Time magazine March 8 James Van Allen |
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| 1959 Time magazine March 8 James Van Allen artwork pencil, ink and tempera. ink and pencil on board 47.6 x 38.1 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1959 Time magazine January 19 Space Exploration U.S. v. Russia |
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| 1959 Time magazine January 19 Space Exploration U.S. v. Russia tempera and ink on masonite 50.1 x 40.9 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1960 New Products |
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| 1960 Time magazine April 25 Lyndon Baines Johnson |
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| 1960 Time magazine January 18 U.S. Commuters |
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| 1960 Time magazine January 18 U.S. Commuters artwork tempera and pencil on masonite 77.5 x 57.2 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1960 Time magazine John H. Loudon of Royal Dutch Shell |
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| 1960 Time magazine June 6 Rush Hour in Space |
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| 1960 Time magazine March 28 Jacques Cousteau |
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| 1960 Time magazine March 28 Jacques Cousteau artwork tempera on board 35.6 x 25.4 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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