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Description of Pictures: Masters of the Fantastic
March 20, 2019 to June 08, 2019
The art of the fantastic gives vision to our dreaded nightmares and our most fervent hopes. Stories of fantasy and science fiction have risen from the quaint traditions of the tribal storyteller through children’s fables and pulp magazines to dominate today’s cultural mainstream. Through their use on the covers of bestselling books, to their appearance in blockbuster movies, TV shows and videogames, illustrative images play a central role in the appeal and popular acceptance of the fantastic narrative and the Society of Illustrators is pleased to celebrate this rite of passage with an exhibition of more than 100 examples of the genre’s finest artistic works. MASTERS OF THE FANTASIC encompasses a full range of otherworldly images—from dragons, specters and demons, to the far reaches of deep space—in the form of paintings, drawings and sculpture, highlighting the works of the artistic innovators who have given shape and substance to the world’s most imaginative kinds of storytelling.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SOIMOF_190531_004.JPG: Masters of the Fantastic
2. SOIMOF_190531_015.JPG: Donato Giancola The Hobbit: Expulsion
3. SOIMOF_190531_036.JPG: Dean Ellis Portrait of Isaac Asimov
4. SOIMOF_190531_044.JPG: Murray Tinkelman Lovecraft, a Biography, 1971
5. SOIMOF_190531_048.JPG: H.P. Lovecraft Isaac Asimov
6. SOIMOF_190531_052.JPG: Rebecca Leveille-Guay Gaia Devoured
7. SOIMOF_190531_059.JPG: Wayne Barlowe Demon Minor, 2018
8. SOIMOF_190531_065.JPG: Peter De Seve Scrat from Ice Age, 2002
9. SOIMOF_190531_072.JPG: Donato Giancola Amber Prison
10. SOIMOF_190531_080.JPG: Peter De Seve A New Leaf, 2014
11. SOIMOF_190531_087.JPG: Peter De Seve
12. SOIMOF_190531_092.JPG: Charles Santore
13. SOIMOF_190531_096.JPG: Kam Mak
14. SOIMOF_190531_097.JPG: Leo & Diane Dillon The Last Unicorn
15. SOIMOF_190531_105.JPG: Boris Vallejo
16. SOIMOF_190531_114.JPG: Fantastic Creatures
17. SOIMOF_190531_120.JPG: Harold W. McCauley
18. SOIMOF_190531_123.JPG: Leo & Diane Dillon Dustland
19. SOIMOF_190531_133.JPG: Hannes Bok Earth Goddess, 1962
20. SOIMOF_190531_134.JPG: Hannes Bok
21. SOIMOF_190531_138.JPG: Peter De Seve Buck on Pterodactyl from Ice Age 3, 2012
22. SOIMOF_190531_144.JPG: John Jude Palencar The Keeper
23. SOIMOF_190531_154.JPG: Paul Lehr Astounding SF Anthology, 1967
24. SOIMOF_190531_159.JPG: Virgil Finlay Ballad of Lost C'mell, 1962
25. SOIMOF_190531_164.JPG: Virgil Finlay
26. SOIMOF_190531_167.JPG: Don Ivan Punchatz Title Unknown, 1970
27. SOIMOF_190531_171.JPG: Don Ivan Punchatz
28. SOIMOF_190531_173.JPG: Michael Whelan Chanurs Homecoming, 1986
29. SOIMOF_190531_177.JPG: Michael Whelan
30. SOIMOF_190531_183.JPG: Wayne Barlowe Daggerwrist, 1984
31. SOIMOF_190531_189.JPG: Richard M. Powers This Immortal (... And Call Me Conrad), 1966
32. SOIMOF_190531_192.JPG: John Schoenherr Wings of a Bat, 1966
33. SOIMOF_190531_196.JPG: John Schoenherr
34. SOIMOF_190531_202.JPG: Peter De Seve Lobster Tale, 2011
35. SOIMOF_190531_205.JPG: Murray Tinkelman King Kong, 2013
36. SOIMOF_190531_209.JPG: Murray Tinkelman
37. SOIMOF_190531_217.JPG: Julie Bell Adlebaran
38. SOIMOF_190531_220.JPG: Julie Bell
39. SOIMOF_190531_222.JPG: Boris Vallejo Morning Envoy
40. SOIMOF_190531_231.JPG: Greg Manchess Second Chance, 2014
41. SOIMOF_190531_239.JPG: George Cruikshank Letters of Demonology and Witchcraft, 1830
42. SOIMOF_190531_245.JPG: George Cruikshank
43. SOIMOF_190531_248.JPG: Richard M. Powers The Clock Strikes Twelve, 1961
44. SOIMOF_190531_253.JPG: Michael Whelan Weyrworld
45. SOIMOF_190531_266.JPG: Wayne Barlowe Taniwha Novae Zekandiae Ngakensis, 2014
46. SOIMOF_190531_272.JPG: Wayne Barlowe
47. SOIMOF_190531_275.JPG: Vincent di Fate Melome, 1983
48. SOIMOF_190531_281.JPG: Kinuko Craft The Dreamer
49. SOIMOF_190531_286.JPG: Kinuko Craft
50. SOIMOF_190531_294.JPG: Frank Frazetta Death Dealer and Snake, c 1965
51. SOIMOF_190531_299.JPG: Frank Frazetta Carson of Venus (Color Sketch), c 1963
52. SOIMOF_190531_309.JPG: Frank Frazetta
53. SOIMOF_190531_312.JPG: John Schoenherr The Message, 1966
54. SOIMOF_190531_320.JPG: Wayne Barlowe Buer, 2018
55. SOIMOF_190531_326.JPG: Heinrich Kley Rhino's Playing Hockey, c 1890s
56. SOIMOF_190531_333.JPG: Heinrich Kley
57. SOIMOF_190531_340.JPG: Kelly Freas The Royal Road, 1968
58. SOIMOF_190531_346.JPG: Greg Manchess Ambush, 2014
59. SOIMOF_190531_352.JPG: Jeffrey Catherine Jones Will o' the Wisp, 1974
60. SOIMOF_190531_359.JPG: Jeffrey Catherine Jones
61. SOIMOF_190531_365.JPG: Winsor McCay Flying Carpet Above Road, c 1910
62. SOIMOF_190531_375.JPG: (Zenas) Winsor McCay
63. SOIMOF_190531_383.JPG: John C. Berkey Spartan Planet, 1969
64. SOIMOF_190531_390.JPG: Chesley Bonstell Crashing the Unknown, 1950
65. SOIMOF_190531_395.JPG: Chesley Bonestell
66. SOIMOF_190531_398.JPG: Greg Manchess Above the Timberline Cover, 2016
67. SOIMOF_190531_404.JPG: Greg Manchess Grim Charge, 2016
68. SOIMOF_190531_408.JPG: Gregory Manchess
69. SOIMOF_190531_410.JPG: Vincent di Fate The Chaos Weapon, 1977
70. SOIMOF_190531_416.JPG: Vincent di Fate Outpassage, 2016
71. SOIMOF_190531_423.JPG: Willy Pogany The Arabian Nights Afloat, 1916
72. SOIMOF_190531_424.JPG: Willy Pogany
73. SOIMOF_190531_432.JPG: Robert T. McCall
74. SOIMOF_190531_434.JPG: Perilous Journeys
75. SOIMOF_190531_442.JPG: Lawrence Sterne Stevens Dwellers in the Mirage, 1949
76. SOIMOF_190531_445.JPG: Boris Artzybasheff America's Mighty Missiles Stand Ready..., 1963
77. SOIMOF_190531_448.JPG: Boris Artzybasheff
78. SOIMOF_190531_450.JPG: Leo Morey Rocket to Limbo, 1957
79. SOIMOF_190531_454.JPG: Henry Richard Van Dongen Deathworld, 1959
80. SOIMOF_190531_459.JPG: Ed Emshwiller Virgin Planet, 1957
81. SOIMOF_190531_464.JPG: Ed Emshwiller
82. SOIMOF_190531_467.JPG: Vincent di Fate Starfire, 1987
83. SOIMOF_190531_476.JPG: Leo & Diane Dillon World's End, 1983
84. SOIMOF_190531_484.JPG: Hubert Rogers Second Foundation, 1949
85. SOIMOF_190531_489.JPG: Everett Raymond Kinstler One Man God
86. SOIMOF_190531_494.JPG: Everett Raymond Kinstler
87. SOIMOF_190531_505.JPG: Donato Giancola Despair
88. SOIMOF_190531_510.JPG: Fred Freeman Man Remade to Live in Space, 1960
89. SOIMOF_190531_514.JPG: Fred Freeman
90. SOIMOF_190531_517.JPG: Humanoids
91. SOIMOF_190531_520.JPG: Rick Berry Dracula, 2014
92. SOIMOF_190531_527.JPG: Donato Giancola Construct of Time
93. SOIMOF_190531_531.JPG: Donato Giancola
94. SOIMOF_190531_534.JPG: John C. Berkey Interstellar Travel
95. SOIMOF_190531_543.JPG: Michael Whelan Foundation: Hari Seldon, 1985
96. SOIMOF_190531_552.JPG: Powers of Mind
97. SOIMOF_190531_554.JPG: Leo & Diane Dillon The Foundation Edge (The Foundation Series)
98. SOIMOF_190531_559.JPG: Leo & Diane Dillon The Mule (The Foundation Series)
99. SOIMOF_190531_562.JPG: Diane and Leo Dillon
100. SOIMOF_190531_566.JPG: Leo & Diane Dillon The Mule (The Foundation Series)
101. SOIMOF_190531_570.JPG: Robert R. Foster Thorns, 1967
102. SOIMOF_190531_573.JPG: Robert R. Foster
103. SOIMOF_190531_577.JPG: Vincent di Fate Ares and the End of All, 2016
104. SOIMOF_190531_583.JPG: Dean Ellis High Wire Act
105. SOIMOF_190531_589.JPG: Dean Ellis
106. SOIMOF_190531_592.JPG: Michael Whelan A World of Her Own
107. SOIMOF_190531_601.JPG: John Jude Palencar Fatal Revenant
108. SOIMOF_190531_611.JPG: Joseph Clement Coll
109. SOIMOF_190531_615.JPG: Richard Doyle The Eagle's Bridge, c 1880s
110. SOIMOF_190531_619.JPG: Richard Doyle
111. SOIMOF_190531_624.JPG: Greg Manchess Deeelicately, 2015
112. SOIMOF_190531_632.JPG: Peter De Seve Something Familiar, 2014
113. SOIMOF_190531_642.JPG: John Jude Palencar Feast of Souls
114. SOIMOF_190531_644.JPG: Margaret Brundage John Cawder's Wife, 1943
115. SOIMOF_190531_656.JPG: Hubert Rogers Players of Null-A, 1948
116. SOIMOF_190531_662.JPG: Hubert Roberts
117. SOIMOF_190531_664.JPG: Paul Lehr Grimm's World, 1968
118. SOIMOF_190531_670.JPG: John Jude Palencar Forests of the Heart, 2000
119. SOIMOF_190531_674.JPG: John Jude Palencar
120. SOIMOF_190531_682.JPG: Paul Lehr Island City in Green, 1988
121. SOIMOF_190531_686.JPG: Paul Lehr
122. SOIMOF_190531_692.JPG: Michael Whelan The Dark Tower: The Long Road, 2009
123. SOIMOF_190531_703.JPG: Strange Places and Fabulous Lands
124. SOIMOF_190531_706.JPG: John Berkey Major Operation, 1971
125. SOIMOF_190531_708.JPG: John C. Berkey
126. SOIMOF_190531_711.JPG: John Harris Siege of Eternity, 1998
Wikipedia Description: Society of Illustrators
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Society of Illustrators is a professional society based in New York City. It was founded in 1901 to promote the art of illustration and, since 1959, has held an annual exhibition.

History

Founding

The Society of Illustrators was founded on February 1, 1901, by a group of nine artists and one advising businessman. The advising businessman was Henry S. Fleming, a coal dealer who offered his legal staff to the Society in an advisory role and also served as the Society of Illustrators Secretary and Treasurer for many years. The nine artists who, with Fleming, founded the Society were Otto Henry Bacher, Frank Vincent DuMond, Henry Hutt, Albert Wenzell, Albert Sterner, Benjamin West Clinedinst, F. C. Yohn, Louis Loeb, and Reginald Birch. The mission statement was "to promote generally the art of illustration and to hold exhibitions from time to time".

World War I

During the World War I years, with Charles Dana Gibson as the acting president, Society members worked through the Division of Pictorial Publicity, creating many original poster designs, including James M. Flagg's US Army iconic recruiting poster of Uncle Sam, as well as advertising of the massive War Bond effort. Photo journalism was impractical during these years and eight Society members, commissioned Captains in the Engineers, were sent to France to sketch the war. After the war, the Society operated the School for Disabled Soldiers.

1920–1930

In 1920, the Society was incorporated, and in 1922 women were allowed to become full members. Prior to this women were granted Associate Memberships since 1903.

The early history of the Society was documented in 1927 and 1939 by Norman Price. His hand written notes are held in the Society of Illustrators archives.

During the 1920s and 1930s the Society presented the Illustrator's Shows, featuring artists and their models as actors, songwriters, set designers and painters. Professional talent such as the Cotton Club band and Jimmy Durante also performed. Through member and set designer Watson Barrett, the Illustrator's Show of 1925 was held at the Shubert Theatre, and the Shuberts purchased the rights to the skits for their Broadway productions of Artists and Models. In 1939, those funds allowed the Society to acquire its present headquarters, at 128 East 63rd Street. Norman Rockwell's Dover Coach became the backdrop for the bar on the fourth floor, donated by Rockwell in honor of the Society's new building. This painting currently hangs in the Members Dining Room.

World War II

During World War II the Society again contributed to the war effort with a massive campaign of posters. Society members visited veterans’ hospitals to sketch the wounded, and these art works were sent to the families to boost morale. The Illustrator's Jazz Band was formed to entertain the wounded, and an ensemble by the same name plays at Society events up until the present.

1950s

In 1948, the Joint Ethics Committee, of which The Society is a member developed the first Code of Fair Practice, which still serves today in addressing concerns of artists and art directors working in the graphic communications field where abuses and misunderstandings regarding usage rights and ownership of works of illustration and other works of art created for a wide range of public media.

In 1954, the U.S. Air Force began sending members around the world to document its activities. This program continues today. Thousands of paintings have been contributed over the years.

The year 1959 saw the Society hold its first Annual Exhibition, juried by Bob Peak, Bradbury Thompson, Stevan Dohanos and others. It opened with 350 original works of art and led to the publication of the first Illustrators Annual.

Present

2001 was the Society's centennial year, a 12-month celebration begun with the U.S. Postal issue, Great American Illustrators. That year was punctuated with the 9/11 Memorial Exhibition, Prevailing Human Spirit.

The Society of illustrators continues to maintain an annual of illustration, student scholarship competitions and various awards honoring excellence in the field of illustration.

The Society began and maintains outreach programs with The New York City Parks Department (2001–present), the New York City Board of Education (1999–present).

Anelle Miller has been the director of the Society since 2007.

Society Presidents

The current President of the Society of Illustrators is Tim O'Brien

Notable Past Presidents of the Society

* Charles Dana Gibson (1904–1905, 1909–1920)
* Albert Sterner (1907–1908) — founding member
* George Hand Wright (1926–1927)
* Wallace Morgan (1929–1936)
* Harold von Schmidt (1938–1941)
* Albert Dorne (1947–1948)

Museums

The Museum of American Illustration was established in 1981, under the stewardship of then President John Witt. Today the permanent collection includes nearly 2500 works by such artists as Norman Rockwell, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, James Montgomery Flagg, Bob Peak and Bernie Fuchs.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) transferred its assets in August 2012 to the Society, which has continued the MoCCA Fest.

Recognition

The Society of Illustrators inaugurated the Hall of Fame program in 1958, to recognize "distinguished achievement in the art of illustration". The first recipient was Norman Rockwell. Like other recognized artists, he was elected by former Society presidents for his contributions to the field of illustration. Every year since 1958, one or more illustrators have been added to the Hall of Fame. In 2001, two additional forms of recognition were added: Dean Cornwell Recognition Award and the Arthur William Brown Achievement Award, which may be awarded annually.

In 1965, The Society established The Hamilton King Award, which is given annually to one society member, and is widely considered to be the most prestigious award in illustration.

In 1981, The Society established the Student Scholarship Competition, which has continued annually to the present. The Highest Award presented to a student by the society is the Zankel Scholarship Award, established in 2006 in honor of Arthur Zankel, an advocate for higher education whose bequest made the scholarship possible.
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