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 - 7 also. This is part 8 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:
1947 Time magazine May 26 Chen Lifu |
1947 Time magazine May 26 Chen Lifu artwork |
1947 Time magazine September 8 C.S. Lewis |
1947 Time magazine September 8 C.S. Lewis artwork |
1947 Time magazine US Secretary of State George C. Marshall artwork |
1947 Time magazine August 4 Atomic Energy Commission chairman David Lilienthal artwork |
1948 Time magazine August 16 David Ben-Gurion |
1948 Time magazine August 16 David Ben-Gurion artwork |
1948 Time magazine December 13 Columnist Drew Pearson artwork |
1948 Time magazine February 9 Astronomer Edwin P. Hubble |
1948 Time magazine February 9 Astronomer Edwin P. Hubble artwork |
1948 Time magazine May 3 George Gallup |
1948 Time magazine May 3 George Gallup artwork |
1948 Time magazine October 25 William C. Menninger |
1948 Time magazine October 25 William C. Menninger artwork |
1948-49 Alcoa sails the Caribbean advertisements:
1949 The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler dust jacket |
1949 Time magazine August 8 FBI Head, J. Edgar Hoover |
1949 Time magazine August 8 FBI Head, J. Edgar Hoover artwork |
1949 Time magazine Cornelius P. Rhoads artwork |
1949 Time magazine Cornelius P. Rhoads |
1949 Time magazine February 21 Louis Armstrong |
1949 Time magazine February 21 Louis Armstrong artwork |
1949 Time magazine January 17 Senator Hubert Humphrey |
1949 Time magazine January 17 Senator Hubert Humphrey artwork |
1949 Time magazine January 24 Detroit's Charles Erwin Wilson |
1949 Time magazine January 24 Detroit's Charles Erwin Wilson artwork |
1949 Time magazine July 4 Los Angeles Mayor Bowron |
1949 Time magazine July 4 Los Angeles Mayor Bowron artwork |
1949 Time magazine March 28 Pan Am Airline Chief Juan Trippe |
1949 Time magazine March 28 Pan Am Airline Chief Juan Trippe artwork |
1949 Time magazine October 17 India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru |
1949 Time magazine October 17 India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru artwork |
1950 Time magazine December 11 Red China's Mao artwork |
1950 Time magazine December 11 Red China's Mao |
1950 Time magazine December 4 CBS's Frank Stanton tempera on artist board 31.8 x 23.8 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
1950 Time magazine December 4 CBS's Frank Stanton |
1950 Time magazine August 7 Governor K.C. Wu artwork |
1950 Time magazine August 7 Governor K.C. Wu |
1950 The Travelers insurance company advertisement |
1950 Time magazine May 15 Coca-Cola artwork |
1950 Time magazine May 15 Coca-Cola |
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