Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Boris Artzybasheff - part 8

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


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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