Friday 27 November 2020

Boris Artzybasheff - part 12

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 - 11 also. This is part 12 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:

1961 Leisure Camping

1960 Time magazine
New Products


1961 Time magazine August 18
C. Douglas Dillon

1961 Time magazine August 18
C. Douglas Dillon artwork
 tempera, pencil and ink on board 47 x 35.9 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1961 Time magazine August 25
Walter Ulbricht

1961 Time magazine August 25
Walter Ulbricht artwork
 tempera on Masonite 53.9 x 42.5 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1961 Time magazine October 27
Thomas V. Jones

1961 Time magazine October 27
Thomas V. Jones

1962 Avco advertisement
"Avco makes Corn Pickers, too."

1962 Avco advertisement
"Centuries of history teach the importance of military mobility."

1962 Time magazine August 10
Concept sketch for D. Brainerd Holmes

1962 Time magazine August 10
Concept sketch for D. Brainerd Holmes

1962 Time magazine August 10
D. Brainerd Holmes

1962 Time magazine August 10
D. Brainerd Holmes artwork
 tempera, pencil and ink on masonite 50.8 x 40.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1962 Time magazine August 31
The Berlin Wall

1962 Time magazine August 31
The Berlin Wall artwork
 tempera and ink on masonite 35.6 x 25.4 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1962 Time magazine March
Spaceman John Glenn

1962 Time magazine March 2
Spaceman John Glenn artwork
 pencil, ink and tempera on masonite 48.2 x 38.1 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution


1963 Avco advertisment for missiles
 "Sinews of strength take many forms."
watercolour and gouache on board 34.3 x 30.5 cm

1963 Avco advertisement
Avco manipulates molecules into new and useful shapes.

1963 Time magazine January 18
Architect Minoru Yamasaki

1963 Time magazine January 18
Architect Minoru Yamasaki
 tempera on board 36.9 x 26 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1963 Time magazine September 6
Planner William Pereira

1963 Time magazine September 6
Planner William Pereira

1963 Time magazine September 13
Red China

1963 Time magazine September 13
Red China artwork
opaque paint and marker on masonite 65.1 x 49.8 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1964 Der Spiegel
Automation in Germany

1964 Time magazine August 28
Lady Bird Johnson

1964 Time magazine August 28
Lady Bird Johnson artwork
 watercolour, gouache, coloured pencil and graphite pencil on paperboard 55.6 x 40.4 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1964 Time magazine February 21
Leonid Brezhnev

1964 Time magazine February 21
Leonid Brezhnev artwork
 Tempera on masonite 51.1 x 38.1 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1964 Time magazine January 10
R. Buckminster Fuller

1964 Time magazine January 10
R. Buckminster Fuller artwork
 tempera on board 43.2 x 31.1 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1964 Time magazine June 26
General Kong Lee

1964 Time magazine June 26
General Kong Lee artwork
 tempera on board 52.1 x 35.9 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1964 TIme magazine November 27
Du Pont's Copeland

1964 Time magazine October 2
Lee Harvey Oswald

1964 Time magazine October 2
Lee Harvey Oswald artwork
 tempera on board 36.6 x 25.7 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1965 Time magazine July 16
Ho Chi Minh

1965 Time magazine July 16
Ho Chi Minh artwork
 tempera on masonite 53.3 x 40.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1965 Time magazine April 2
The Computer in Society

1965 Time magazine
The Computer in Society artwork
 tempera and pencil on masonite 53.3 x 40.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

n.d. Betty and Boris Artzybasheff Christmas card
"Betty and Boris Artzybasheff wish you Merry Christmas and the best of everything, and above all,
 the best of health!"
28 x 20 cm

(Date not found) Dateline 25th Anniversary

(Date not found) Fortune magazine
US Public Health Service

(Date not found) Skeleton Hand and Skull Silhouette




Wednesday 25 November 2020

Boris Artzybasheff - part 11

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:

1955 Time magazine September 12
Lt. Colonel Paul Stapp

1955 Time magazine September 12
Lt. Colonel Paul Stapp

1955 Time magazine February 14
Carl Jung

1955 Time magazine February 14
Carl Jung

1956 Time magazine April 30
Russia's Nikita Krushchev

1956 Time magazine April 30
Russia's Nikita Krushchev

1956 Time magazine
August Stavros Niarchos

1956 Time magazine August
Stavros Niarchos

1956 Time magazine December 7
Weatherman Carl-Gustaf Rossby

1956 Time magazine December 7
Weatherman Carl-Gustaf Rossby

1956 Time magazine January 2
General Motors' Curtice

1956 Time magazine January 2
General Motors' Curtice

1956 Time magazine June 25
World Bank's Eugene Black

1956 Time magazine June 25
World Bank's Eugene Black

1956 Time magazine March 19
France's Pierre Poujade

1956 Time magazine March 19
France's Pierre Poujade

1956 Time magazine September 3
Washington State Governor Arthur Langlie

1956 Time magazine September 3
Washington State Governor Arthur Langlie

1956 Time magazine
The Missile

1957 Automation? You name it… We'll tape it!
Advertisement

1957 Self-Portrait
photograph and ink on paperboard 34.3 x 26 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1957 Time magazine June 24
Road Builders

1957 Time magazine June 24
Road Builders artwork
tempera on masonite 45.7 x 35.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1957 Time magazine May 13
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr.

1957 Time magazine October 14
The U.S. Repairman

1957 Time magazine October 14
The U.S. Repairman artwork
acrylic on canvas 45.1 x 35.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

1957 Time magazine September 6
Russia's Anastas Mikoyan

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

1958 Fabled Voyages
Bizarre Findings of Lunar Fiction

1958 Fabled Voyages
Bizarre Findings of Lunar Fiction detail

1958 Fabled Voyages
Bizarre Findings of Lunar Fiction detail

1958 Time magazine January 6
Nikita Khrushchev, Man the Year

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

1958 Time magazine July 14
Geneticist George W. Beadle

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

1958 Time magazine
US Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy

1959 Time magazine
Atomic Submarine's Admiral Rickover

1959 Time magazine February 23
The Telephone Man

1959 Time magazine March 8
James Van Allen

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

1959 Time magazine January 19
Space Exploration U.S. v. Russia

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

1960 New Products

1960 Time magazine April 25
Lyndon Baines Johnson

1960 Time magazine January 18
U.S. Commuters

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

1960 Time magazine
John H. Loudon of Royal Dutch Shell

1960 Time magazine June 6
Rush Hour in Space

1960 Time magazine March 28
Jacques Cousteau

1960 Time magazine March 28
Jacques Cousteau artwork
tempera on board 35.6 x 25.4 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution