THE ART LAIR - XII ~ Frank Frazetta
August 19th 2011 04:39
Frank Frazetta was an amazing fantasy and science fiction artist. Born in 1928, Brooklyn, NYC, he died last year aged 82. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999. He primarily worked in oil but also watercolour, ink, and pencil. He was also a sculptor.
Frazetta's Conan interpretation (of which there are several significant paintings, such as The Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, and Conan the Buccaneer) was the inspiration for John Milius's big screen adaptation. He also collaborated with filmmaker Ralph Bakashi on his sword and sorcery animated feature Fire & Ice (1983).
My favourite Frazetta paintings are either the overtly horror imagery, or the suggestive erotic imagery, although frequently Frazetta combined both nightmare and sensuality to striking effect. Here then is my selection of Frazetta's fantastic phantasmogorical visions.
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