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June 16th 2008 08:49
Boris Artzybasheff (1899 - 1965) was a Ukrainian-born illustrator active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs.
Artzybasheff was born in Kharkov as son of the writer Mikhail Artsybashev. He is said to have fought as a White Russian. In 1919 he arrived in New York City, where he worked in an engraving shop.
During his lifetime Artzybasheff was probably best known for his magazine art. He illustrated the major American magazines Life, Fortune, and Time. During World War II, he also served an expert advisor to the U.S. Department of State, Psychological Warfare Branch.
After 1940, he devoted himself to commercial art, including advertisements for Xerox, Shell Oil, Pan Am, Casco Power Tools, Alcoa Steamship lines, Parke-Davis, Avco Manufacturing, Scotch Tape, Wickwire Spencer Steele, Vultee Aircraft, World Airways, and Parker Pens.
His graphic style is striking, to put it mildly. In his commercial work he explored experiments in anthropomorphism, where toiling machines displayed distinctly human personalities. Some examples of which are below from one of his art books called Machinalia where he attempts to personify machines and industrialism. Thanks to the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive for these.
*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.
**This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Boris Artzybasheff.
Artzybasheff was born in Kharkov as son of the writer Mikhail Artsybashev. He is said to have fought as a White Russian. In 1919 he arrived in New York City, where he worked in an engraving shop.
During his lifetime Artzybasheff was probably best known for his magazine art. He illustrated the major American magazines Life, Fortune, and Time. During World War II, he also served an expert advisor to the U.S. Department of State, Psychological Warfare Branch.
After 1940, he devoted himself to commercial art, including advertisements for Xerox, Shell Oil, Pan Am, Casco Power Tools, Alcoa Steamship lines, Parke-Davis, Avco Manufacturing, Scotch Tape, Wickwire Spencer Steele, Vultee Aircraft, World Airways, and Parker Pens.
His graphic style is striking, to put it mildly. In his commercial work he explored experiments in anthropomorphism, where toiling machines displayed distinctly human personalities. Some examples of which are below from one of his art books called Machinalia where he attempts to personify machines and industrialism. Thanks to the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive for these.
Wire Cloth Looms
Filling Ingot Moulds
Navy's Mark III Calculator
Making of Steel: Charging the Open Hearth
Stranding of Wire Rope
*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.
**This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Boris Artzybasheff.
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