Robert Carter Stanley Jr. (March 28, 1918 – August 12, 1996) was an American artist famous for his works on
paperback novel covers. He was born in
Wichita, Kansas, and died in
Big Pine Key, Florida.
As a realist artist, together with
Gerald Gregg, he was one of the most two prolific paperback book cover artists employed by the
Dell Publishing
Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and ...
Company for whom Stanley worked from 1950 to 1959. Stanley also worked for other important paperback book publishers such as
Bantam Books
Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. ...
and
Signet Books and also worked as an artist for cover or interior artwork for magazines such as ''
Adventure'', ''
Argosy
Argosy or The Argosy may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''Argosy'' (magazine), an American pulp magazine 1882–1978 and revived 1990–1994, 2004–2006
* ''Argosy'' (UK magazine), three British magazines
* Argosy spaceship in ''Escap ...
'', ''
Redbook
''Redbook'' is an American women's magazine that is published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the " Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines. It ceased print publication as of January 2019 and now operates an article-comprise ...
'',
Street & Smith's ''
Western Story Magazine'' and ''
The Saturday Evening Post''.
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Books
* ''Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design'', Heller, Steven, 2nd Edition, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., Allworth Press, New York, NY, 2004.
* ''Paperbacks, U.S.A.: A Graphic History, 1939-1959''. Schreuders, Piet E., Blue Dolphin Enterprises-Distributed by Pacific Comics Distributors, San Diego, California, 1981.
* ''The Book of Paperbacks: A Visual History Of The Paperback''. Schreuders, Piet E., Virgin Books, London, 1981.
References
External links
* ttps://www.flickr.com/photos/56781833@N06/sets/72157628114383784/ Biography & Works of Robert Stanley at the "Robert Stanley Covers"
Robert Stanley Cover Art at Vintage Paperbacks & Digests
Robert Stanley Covers at PulpCovers.Com
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20th-century American illustrators
1918 births
1996 deaths
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