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Carl Lundgren (illustrator)
Carl Lundgren (born July 12, 1947) is an American artist and illustrator, primarily known for his 1960s-era rock posters and fantasy art. Career Born on July 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, Lundgren had an early interest in becoming a fantasy artist and illustrator like Frank Frazetta, his idol. At the age of 18, he was co-chairman of the first multimedia science fiction convention, The Detroit Triple Fan Fair, featuring comics, movies and science fiction. He studied with the Famous Artists School correspondence course, for formal training. In 1967 Lundgren met rock poster artist Gary Grimshaw, who was illustrating posters for a Detroit rock venue, run by Russ Gibb, called the Grande Ballroom. Grimshaw offered him a job, and Lundgren went on to create poster art for seminal bands such as The Who, Jefferson Airplane and Pink Floyd. In 1974 Lundgren moved to New York City and turned to science fiction and fantasy illustration for a living, painting nearly 300 book covers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. ''Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate Pink Floyd live performances, live shows. They became a leading band of the progressive rock genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time. Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (musician), Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concept album, concepts behind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists From Detroit
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). "Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. Use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like used in criticism. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts. * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry. * A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice. * A follower of a manual art, such as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Poster Artists
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American Speculative Fiction Artists
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Illustrators
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Austin
Alicia Austin (born 1942) is an American fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor, pastels and watercolors. Early life and education Austin was born in Providence, Kentucky. As her father was career military, she grew up in Germany and Japan, as well as the United States. She studied art and biology on an art scholarship at the Sacred Heart Dominican College in Houston, Texas, which closed in 1975. Her early influences include Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, and N.C. Wyeth. Career In the beginning of her career, she illustrated for fanzines, such as ''Energumen, Granfalloon, Aspidistra,'' and ''Science Fiction Review.'' She sold every piece of work entered in the 1969 Sci-Fi Worldcon in St. Louis, and then began accepting professional assignments. Her first two assignments were the first two ''Universe'' anthologies, which were edited by Terry Carr. She then became a regular artist for Zertex Magazine. Austin has illustrated boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemarie Kindt
Annemarie (or Annamarie, Annmarie) is a Danish, Dutch and German feminine given name. It is merging of the names Anne and Marie. Notable people named Annemarie * Annemarie Biechl (born 1949), German politician * Annemarie Bischofberger (born 1960), Swiss alpine skier * Annemarie Bostroem (1922–2015), German poet, playwright, and lyricist * Princess Annemarie de Bourbon de Parme (born 1977), Dutch journalist and consultant * Annemarie Buchmann-Gerber (1947–2015), Canadian textile artist * Annemarie Buchner (1924–2014), German alpine skier * Annemarie Cox (born 1966), Dutch-born Australian sprint canoeist * Annemarie Davidson (1920–2012), American copper enamel artist * Annemarie Düringer (1925–2014), Swiss actress * Annemarie Ebner (born 1940s), Austrian luger * Annemarie Eilfeld (born 1990), German singer and songwriter * Annemarie Esche (born 1925), German Burmese scholar * Annemarie Forder (born 1978), Australian sport shooter * Annemarie von Gabain (1901–1993), Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Martijn
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and in Catalonia it became ''Jaume''. In western Spain Jacobus became ''Iago (other), Iago''; in Portugal it became ''Tiago''. The name ''James, son of Zebedee, Saint James'' developed in Spanish to ''Santiago (name), Santiago'', in Portuguese to ''São Tiago''. The names ''Diego'' (Spanish) and ''Diogo (name), Diogo'' (Portuguese) are also Iberian Peninsula, Iberian versions of ''Jaime''. In the United States, Jaime is used as an independent Grammatical gender#Personal names, masculine given name, along with given name James. For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years. People * Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman of the 15th/16th centuries, the List of Duk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirwana (book)
Nirvana is a concept in Indian religious traditions. Nirvana may also refer to: Philosophical concepts * Nirvana (Buddhism) * Moksha (Jainism), the terms Nirvana and Moksha means same in Jainism Biology * Nirvana (leafhopper), ''Nirvana'' (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus established by Kirkaldy in 1900 * ''Nirvana'', a butterfly genus established in 1979, now known as ''Nirvanopsis'' Ships * USS Nirvana (SP-706), USS ''Nirvana'' (SP-706), later USS ''SP-706'', a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1917 and from 1918 to 1919 * USS Nirvana II (SP-204), USS ''Nirvana II'' (SP-204), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 Music Bands * Nirvana (band), an American rock band (1987–1994) * Nirvana (British band), a British psychedelic band (1967–present) * Nirvana (Yugoslav band), a Yugoslav progressive rock band (1970–late 1970s) * Nirvana 2002, a Swedish Death metal band (1988–1991) Albums * Nirvana (Herbie Mann and the Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermes Press
Hermes Press is an American publisher of art books, comic books, and comic book reprints. The company was founded in 2000 and is best known for their archival reprints of classic comic book and strip series and art books. History Hermes Press was formed in 2000 by Daniel Herman (publisher), Daniel Herman. It is located in New Castle, Pennsylvania, New Castle, Pennsylvania. In its first years of operation it published a limited amount of special-interest books: ''Gil Kane: Art of the Comics'', written by Herman (2001); Gil Kane: Art and Interviews" (2002); "Bill Sienkiewicz: Precursor" (2002); "Works of Art: Joe Chiodo" (2003). From there Herman focused on comic strip series reprints (Star Hawks, Buck Rogers, The Phantom, et al.), and later comic book series reprints and newly commissioned comic book adaptations and other original works. In 2009 Hermes Press entered into an agreement with Dan Curtis Productions to reprint the Gold Key comic of ''Dark Shadows'', signifying Hermes's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
