The Pictorial Arts: Astounding Oeuvre

Monday, September 14, 2009

Astounding Oeuvre

Drew Struzan occupied the commercial illustrator niche formerly held by Richard Amsel. Mr. Struzan is now retired from the commercial art rat race, but his oeuvre of work is astounding. Just take a long admiring gander at his amazing official website here .

Going through my albums (remember when lp albums were like mini posters?) the other day I was glad to see I hadn't yet passed this one on, one of Drew's early fine illustrations:

3 comments:

joe ackerman said...: these amsel/struzan scans are absolutely beauiful, Thomas. it's a great shame, isn't it, that nobody seems to bother with art for albums and movie posters, anymore. thanks for sharing, mate.; September 15, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...: Hey Joe!

And magazine covers! One cover looks like another, plastered with shouted blurbs, with no incentive for a person to savor, save, and study.; September 15, 2009 at 5:59 AM
lotusgreen said...: oh that's interesting -- at first glance i thought that carol king was amsel! i actually did a post on him once too ( here ) and there's another of his tvguides; September 20, 2009 at 4:48 PM

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