THE ART LAIR - XII ~ Frank Frazetta
August 19th 2011 04:39
I've always been a fan of Boris Vallejo, a brilliant fantasy artist. But only recently discovered the work of Frank Frazetta, although very possibly I'd seen Frazetta's artwork at a glance and assumed it was Vallejo. I deeply admire both men's artistic imaginations immensely.
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.
He was most noted for his science fantasy paintings and sketches that graced posters, paperback covers, record covers, and much of his work was featured in many different comic books and horror magazines, such as Creepy and Eerie, and other illustrative media. Most of his original work (that which hasn't been bought by private art collectors) resides in the Frank Frazetta Museum in Pennsylvania. In 2009 his Conan the Conqueror painting from 1966 was purchased for more than $1 million.
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.
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.
He was most noted for his science fantasy paintings and sketches that graced posters, paperback covers, record covers, and much of his work was featured in many different comic books and horror magazines, such as Creepy and Eerie, and other illustrative media. Most of his original work (that which hasn't been bought by private art collectors) resides in the Frank Frazetta Museum in Pennsylvania. In 2009 his Conan the Conqueror painting from 1966 was purchased for more than $1 million.
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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