John Schoenherr

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John Schoenherr
picture books
SubjectWildlife
Notable works
Notable awards
SpouseJudith Grey
ChildrenIan, Jenny

John Carl Schoenherr (July 5, 1935 – April 8, 2010)

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2015.[2][3]

Life

Schoenherr was born July 5, 1935,[1] in New York City (Manhattan) and raised in Queens, "in a German-speaking household in a polyglot community", where he used drawings to communicate with speakers of other languages.[1] He graduated from Stuyvesant High School,[4] and studied art at the Art Students League of New York with Will Barnet and at Pratt Institute.

Schoenherr was a resident of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.[5] He died on April 8, 2010, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Easton, Pennsylvania.[1]

Career

Schoenherr may be known best as the original illustrator of the dust jacket art of

Sardaukar.[9]

Schoenherr was also very well known as a wildlife artist and children's book illustrator, with over forty books to his credit. Most of his black-and-white illustration work used the

egg tempera, another unusual medium. Schoenherr also completed paintings for NASA.[10][11][12] Schoenherr's knowledge of zoology was very useful in creating alien creatures. He was a member of the American Society of Mammalogists, the Society of Animal Artists, and the Society of Illustrators
.

Beginning in the 1960s, Schoenherr created numerous science fiction illustrations, in addition to artwork in other genres.

John W. Campbell, Jr. and Ben Bova at Analog, he also illustrated the first Dragonriders of Pern stories by Anne McCaffrey, the 1967/1968 novellas "Weyr Search" and "Dragonrider" (each featured on one Analog cover as well) that were subsequently developed as the novel Dragonflight.[14] Schoenherr's July 1975 cover for Analog has been cited as influential in the designs for the Star Wars character Chewbacca.[15] He also worked for paperback and hardcover science fiction publishers like Ace Books and Doubleday
.

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fox, Margalit (April 15, 2010). "John Schoenherr, Children's Book Illustrator, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "2015 SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees & James Gunn Fundraiser". Locus. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "John Schoenherr: American illustrator known for his science fiction magazine covers and drawings" Archived September 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. EMP Museum (empmuseum.org). Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Biography – John Schoenherr". EmbracingtheChild.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
  5. ^ Adelson, Fred B. (January 9, 2000). "ART; Children's Page Turners to Linger Over". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2007.
    Both Richard Egielski of Milford and John Schoenherr of Delaware Township (near Stockton) are represented by illustrations from books aimed at ages 4 to 8, the youngest group.
  6. ^
    Omni Reboot. Archived from the original
    on October 31, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Dune Universe series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  8. ^ a b "1965 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards (thehugoawards.org). Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  9. ^ Herbert, Frank (July 1980). "Dune Genesis". Omni. Reprinted with permission at FrankHerbert.org. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  10. ^ DeVore, Howard (1987). A History of the Hugo, Nebula and International Fantasy Awards 1951–1986. Dearborn, Michigan: The Misfit Press. p. 18.
  11. ^ Miller, Ron (1976). Space Art: A Starlog Photo Guidebook. New York: Starlog Press. p. 179.
  12. DiFate, Vincent (1980). DiFate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware
    . New York: Workman Publishers.
  13. ^ DiFate, Vincent (1981). "Science Fiction Art: Some Contemporary Science Fiction Illustrators". In Tymn, Marshall B (ed.). The Science Fiction Reference Book. San Bernardino: The Borgo Press. p. 51.
  14. ^ Dragonriders of Pern series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  15. ^ Heilemann, Michael (September 18, 2010). "George Lucas stole Chewbacca, but it's Okay". Binary Bonsai. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2015.

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