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 - 8 also. This is part 9 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:
1950 Time magazine January 30
Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer
1950 Time magazine January 30
Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer artwork
1950 Time magazine March 6
T.S. Eliot
1950 Time magazine March 6
T.S. Eliot artwork
1951 Shell X-100 Motor Oil advertisement 
1951 Shell X-100 Motor Oil advertisement 
1951 Shell X-100 Motor Oil advertisement 
1951 The GM System of Floriculture 
1951 Time magazine August 20
Lt. Gen. Vasily Stalin
1951 Time magazine August 20
Lt. Gen. Vasily Stalin artwork
1951 Time magazine February 19
Charles Edward Wilson
1951 Time magazine February 19
Charles Edward Wilson artwork
1951 Time magazine July 2
The Pentagon
1951 Time magazine March 12
Crime Hunter Kefauver
1951 Time magazine March 12
Crime Hunter Kefauver artwork
1951 Time magazine May 28
Frederick Rentschler
1951 Time magazine May 28
Frederick Rentschler artwork
1952 Executive of the Future
Casco Cybernetics
1952 Time magazine December 8
Space Pioneer
1952 Time magazine February 4
Clarence Decatur Howe
1952 Time magazine February 4
Clarence Decatur Howe artwork
1952 Time magazine February 11
British Prime Minister Anthony Eden
1952 Time magazine February 11
British Prime Minister Anthony Eden artwork
1952 Time magazine June 9
Kurt Schumacher 
1952 Time magazine June 9
Kurt Schumacher artwork
1952 Time magazine May 19
Richard Russell, Georgia Senate race Candidate
1952 Time magazine May 19
Richard Russell, Georgia Senate race Candidate artwork
1952 Time magazine November 16
Igor Sikorsky
1952 Time magazine November 16
Igor Sikorsky artwork
1952 Time magazine September 15
G. Mennen Williams
1952 Time magazine September 15
G. Mennen Williams artwork
1952-54 Lycoming advertisements:
1952 Lycoming: "Blasts" for Jets 
1952 Lycoming: "Sinews" to give cars "go" 
1952 Lycoming: Hot "juice" for cold jets 
1952 Lycoming: Meet a power generator with "legs" 
c1952-1954 Lycoming: It's "twins" for Piper … by Lycoming 
1953 Lycoming: "Leg muscles" that cushion a jet's landing 
1953 Lycoming: Big "doings" in metal 
1953 Lycoming: Big "doings" in metal detail 
1953 Lycoming: How a jet engine runs on its "nerves" 
1953 Lycoming: New 'ticker" for tanks 
1953 Lycoming: Strong "wrists" for America's new hay balers 
1953 Lycoming: The hand that helps keep America "running" 
1954 Lycoming: New speedster that can "crawl" without "stall" 
1954 Lycoming: New "vitals" for this Korean air vet 
1954 Lycoming: Parts that put new "starts" in jets 
1954 Lycoming: Private "air truck" for Very Special Delivery" 
1954 Lycoming: Stout "hearts" for Navy sub killers 
Lycoming: How a helicopter hangs its "elbows"
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