Robert McGinnis

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For scientist, see Robert L. McGinnis.

Robert McGinnis
Born (1926-02-03) February 3, 1926 (age 98)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)Artist, illustrator
Cover of Carter Brown's novel Nymph to the Slaughter by Robert McGinnis, 1963

Robert Edward McGinnis (born February 3, 1926)

movie posters, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (his first film poster assignment),[3] Barbarella, and several James Bond and Matt Helm films.[4]

Biography

Born Robert Edward McGinnis in

Cincinnati, Ohio, he was raised in Wyoming, Ohio
.

McGinnis became an apprentice at

Donald Westlake (writing as Richard Stark), Edward S. Aarons, Erle Stanley Gardner, Richard S. Prather, and the Michael Shayne and Carter Brown series.[5]

McGinnis later did artwork for Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, TIME, Argosy, Guideposts, and The Saturday Evening Post.[5]

He was

main title designer for The Hallelujah Trail (1965).[6]

McGinnis's attention to detail was such that when he was assigned to do the artwork for

Arabesque he requested Sophia Loren's tiger stripe dress be sent for him for a model to wear so he could get the right appearance.[3]

In 1985, McGinnis was awarded the title of "Romantic Artist of the Year" by Romantic Times magazine for his many romance novel paperback covers.[2]

Since 2004, McGinnis has created cover illustrations for the Hard Case Crime paperback series.

Starting in 2016, McGinnis has painted a number of retro-style covers for reissues of books by Neil Gaiman.[7]

He is a member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.[8] McGinnis is the subject of a documentary film, Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer, by Paul Jilbert.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Robert McGinnis." Flickr
  2. ^ a b c Biography: McGinnis, Robert. - Cavalier Galleries Archived 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c Jilbert, Paul. - Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s: New DVD Documentary on Legendary Movie Poster Artist Robert McGinnis". - Cinema Retro. - May 13, 2008
  4. ISBN 978-0-7522-2017-8
    .
  5. ^ a b Virtual Pin-ups Art Gallery: artist Robert McGinnis/9[permanent dead link]. - ImageNETion
  6. IMDb
  7. ^ "Neil Gaiman".
  8. ^ Hall of Fame Archived April 16, 2020, at the Wayback Machine - Society of Illustrators

Sources

External links
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