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The Art of Robert E McGinnis Hardcover – November 11, 2014
Author: Robert E. McGinnis ID: 1781162174

Review

“With the McGinnis Woman, the illustrator quite literally changed the face of pop culture marketing. “But is it art?” Hell yes it is.” – Badass Digest 

“The Art of Robert E. McGinnis is one of those “must haves,” a book any movie or fine art fan will want to pick up to look through again and again.” – Cinema Retro

“The best cover artist of the mid-20th century.” – Boing Boing

“Robert McGinnis can paint anything—a movie poster, a Western landscape—and draw you in. But when he paints a woman, he makes you fall in love.”–Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling author ofGetting Off and the Matthew Scudder series

“McGinnis was and is the king of paperback cover art, truly the gold standard.”–Max Allan Collins, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Quarry

About the Author

American artist and illustrator Robert E McGinnis is best known for his movie poster and book cover illustrations, though he has also done work for various newspapers and magazines. He currently illustrates covers for Hard Case Crime and has produced posters for many classic Bond movies. He is a member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.

Hardcover: 176 pagesPublisher: Titan Books; 1St Edition edition (November 11, 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1781162174ISBN-13: 978-1781162170 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 0.8 x 12.5 inches Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #30,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #30 in Books > Arts & Photography > Graphic Design > Commercial > Illustration #98 in Books > Arts & Photography > History & Criticism > History #103 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Pop Culture > Art
Fans of Robert E McGinnis’ art will be delighted with this book. And those who don’t know who he is will be surprised by his stunning work.

Born in 1926, McGinnis started his career early in 1947. However he didn’t start painting paperback covers until 1958. But after he started, he has painted over a thousand of them, on top of other illustrations he has created for movies and magazines. He is one of the great illustrations who is as inspiring as Norman Rockwell, Andrew Wyeth, Coby Whitmore, Drew Struzan.

This 176-page hardcover features over six decades worth of splendid work. The paper quality used is low gloss and reproduction quality is fantastic. Bravo to publisher Titan Books.

Actually, there was another McGinnis artbook published in 2000 titled Tapestry: The Paintings of Robert E. McGinnis. There are some duplication of artworks but this book is still worth getting because it has included works from 2000 to 2014, Yes, McGinnis is still painting today.

The book starts of with a lengthy interview by author Art Scott with the artist and is followed by the galleries of artworks.

You’ll get to see the cover art that has adorned paperback titles of the past, iconic movie posters such as for Breakfast at Tiffany’s and James Bond, works for various magazines, his personal paintings of nudes, Western and contemporary landscapes. Among which you’ll see the many stunning ‘McGinnis women’. His style, sense of aesthetics and colours are amazing.

One cover was deemed to saucy and had a sticker pasted strategically over the offending bit.

The accompanying text has McGinnis sharing his creative process, insights from his career and some stories behind the selected pieces of works.

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