The Pictorial Arts: My Favorite Virgo by Virgil

Friday, October 9, 2009

My Favorite Virgo by Virgil

Late in his career, Virgil Finlay did a lot of illustrations for astrological magazines, some of it mediocre, but some of it superlative. This is my favorite of his astrology designs.

Virgo

Preliminary drawing for Virgo

A beautiful rendering of a variation of Virgo

5 comments:

Artman2112 said...: that last one is beautiful! i love finaly's work.; October 9, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Joe Jusko said...: Being a Virgo I would have to concur! Gorgeous!; October 10, 2009 at 8:01 AM
joe ackerman said...: lovely.; October 10, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Unknown said...: thanks for sharing; October 11, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...: Indeed, I'm still mesmerized by the beauty of the rendering.; October 11, 2009 at 12:01 PM

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