Basil Gogos changed the face of classic horror with his film monster portrait art. Like a bizarro-world Norman Rockwell, he created magazine covers of Frankenstein, the Creature from the Black Lagoon. the Phantom of the Opera, and countless others in horrifying yet dazzling images throughout the 1960s and '70s. His intense colour and bold, impressionistic brushwork gave a unique sense of drama and sophistication to these iconic characters. Today, collectors fight over his original art--but, with this book, every fan can own ...
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Basil Gogos changed the face of classic horror with his film monster portrait art. Like a bizarro-world Norman Rockwell, he created magazine covers of Frankenstein, the Creature from the Black Lagoon. the Phantom of the Opera, and countless others in horrifying yet dazzling images throughout the 1960s and '70s. His intense colour and bold, impressionistic brushwork gave a unique sense of drama and sophistication to these iconic characters. Today, collectors fight over his original art--but, with this book, every fan can own glowing full-colour reproductions of his most famous work as well as many previously unpublished paintings and drawings.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1887591729. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Introduction by Rob Zombie. Second printing. About fine in like dust jacket.
This is a must for art fans, comic fans, horror fans. With a great introduction by Rob Zombie which encapsulates the Gogus phenomenon. This book is crammed full of full colour photos of hundreds of examples of Gogus' work . The lavish illustrations and fascinating text draws the reader into fantastic world of this great artist and illustrator. His illustrations of the famous Universal monsters of Filmland are well represented alongside numerous examples of his work for various comics and pulp fiction over the years. this volume also shows examples of his portrait, nature and landscape art. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, buy it and you will not be disappointed.
