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 & 2 also. This is part 3 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:
1928 Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji:
1929 The Golden Book Magazine:
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1930 The Golden Book Magazine
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1929 Three and the Moon; Legendary Stories of Old Brittany, Normandy & Provence by Jacques Dorey:
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Black Knight, Brandishing a Spear, on His Black Horse
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Figure Falling into a Pit of Red Creatures
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Four Knights Jousting
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Knight Approaching the Sphinx
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Knight in Blue and Red, Brandishing a Sword, on a Black Horse
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Three Male Knights Surprising the Sleeping Female Knight
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Three-Headed Fire-Breathing Green Creature
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Winged, Clawed, Bearded, and Muscled Figure
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1930 Orpheus; Myths of the World by Padraic Colum. Twenty engravings by Boris Artzybasheff published by Macmillan Co., New York:
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1933 Aesops Fables with wood-engravings by Boris Artzybasheff The Viking Press, New York:
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| The Ass and the Horse |
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| The Wind and the Sun |
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Sour Grapes
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The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts
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| The Goose that laid the Golden Egg |
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The Dog who was invited to Dinner
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| The Stag looking into Water |
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| The Tiger and the Bulls |
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| The Wind and the Sun |
