Reed Crandall is an artist who needs mentioning here. He was also the mentor of perhaps the most important fantasy artist of the 20th Century, Frank Frazetta.
Krenkell would become associated with ERB and dinosaurs as the title of his collection, Swordsmen and Saurians: From the Mesozoic to Barsoom (1989, Eclipse Books) clearly shows. John tradition, wearing helmet and straps. Krenkell doing their ERB covers with one thark-related cover for Thuvia, Maid of Mars, duplicating the scene featured on the original magazine cover back in 1916. Frazetta's primary commercial works are in oil, but he is also a master with watercolor, ink and pencil alone.Īlmost all of Frazetta's works today are considered masterpieces.Ace Books had Roy G. Today, Frazetta's work is so highly regarded that even incomplete pencil sketches of his sell for thousands of dollars. Frazetta soon returned to his roots in painting and pen and ink illustrations.
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The movie proved to be a commercial disappointment, however, as Frazetta's fantastic imagery could not be sufficiently reproduced via then-current animation technology and methods. Many of the characters and most of the story were Frazetta's creations. Frazetta worked with well-known animated movie producer Ralph Bakshi on the feature Fire and Ice released in 1983. Finally in the early 1980s a movie deal was offered which would give him most creative control. Most, however, would give him participation in name only-most of the creative control would be held by others. Once he secured a reputation, movie studios started trying to lure him to work on animated movies. Clint Eastwood and George Lucas-fans and friends of Frazetta's-have commissioned works from him for some of their movie projects. Many of his paintings are uncommissioned but have nonetheless become highly sought after commercially.įrazetta's work has long been admired by many Hollywood personalites. Since this time, most of Frazetta's work has been commercial in nature, providing paintings and illustrations from things such as movie posters to book jackets to calendars. He also did several pen and ink illustrations for many of these books. During this period he also did covers for other paperback editions of classic Edgar Rice Burroughs books, such as those from the Tarzan and Barsoom (John Carter of Mars) series. From this point on, Frazetta's work was in great demand. His first cover for the pulp fiction novel Conan the Barbarian caused a sensation-numerous people bought the book for its cover alone. Eventually he joined Playboy magazine doing the parody strip Li'l Annie Fannie.īy 1964, Frazetta started producing paintings for paperback editions of adventure books.
Comics had changed during his period with Capp and his style was deemed antiquated. Work in comics for Frazetta was hard to find, however. Having emulated Capp's style for so long, Frazetta's own work during this period looked a bit awkward as his own style struggled to reemerge. After nine years with Capp, Frazetta returned to regular comics. Frazetta's work for Capp focussed mostly on the Johnny Comet daily strip, but also filled in for Capp from time to time.
Through the work on the Buck Rogers covers for Famous Funnies, Frazetta started working with Al Capp and his Li'l Abner strip. During this period he turned down job offers from comic giants such as Walt Disney. Now sixteen, Frazetta started writing comic books that varied in themes: westerns, fantasy, mysteries, histories and other contemporary themes. As the school closed about a year after Falanga's passing, Frazetta was forced to find work to earn a living.
Unfortunately, Falanga died suddenly in 1944 and with him, his dream. Frazetta's abilities flourished under Falanga, who dreamed of sending Frazetta to Europe, at his own expense, to further his studies. Falanga was struck by Frazetta's significant talent. He attended the academy for eight years under the tutelage of Michele Falanga, an award winning Italian fine artist. At the age of eight, at the insistence of his school teachers, Frazetta's parents enrolled him in the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts. Some of Frazetta's sons make a living selling reproductions of his artwork.įrazetta was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He currently lives with his wife Ellie on a 67 acre estate in Pennsylvania. He is one of the most emulated artists of these genres in the world. Frank Frazetta (born 1928) is one of the world's most influential fantasy and science fiction artists.
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