Robert Bonfils (American illustrator)
Robert Bonfils | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 25, 1922 American |
| Education | Kansas City Art Institute Art Institute of Chicago |
| Known for | Painting; illustration |
Robert Bonfils (February 25, 1922 – February 8, 2018)[1][2] was an American illustrator, known for his covers for erotic, pulp fiction paperbacks.[3]
Biography
Robert Bonfils was born in 1922 in
Kansas City[2] and grew up there. After finishing high school, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute, where Thomas Hart Benton was among the teachers. In his classes were future artists like Bill and Jim Teason, Jackson Pollock, and others.[2]
After doing his service in the
His first job was at the
Miller High life beer.[2]
Stanley Schrag of Playtime Books and the Sorren brothers of Merit Books recruited Bonfils to paint covers for their
During the heyday of sex publishing, Bonfils was producing some fifty covers every month.[2] He retired from the book cover illustration business in the mid-1970s and continued to paint within the gallery community of San Diego.[5] The original art for most Greenleaf covers has been lost, with only a few pieces having survived.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection, Mount Saint Vincent University
- ^ ISBN 1-932595-05-8
- ^ "Robert J Bonfils". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-0896899681
- ^ a b The Bonfils official website
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