Three-Headed Dragon, circa 1920s
Born in 1899 in Kharkov, Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian-American illustrator known for his distinctive and often surreal designs.
His illustration career kicked off in 1922 with works for “Verotchka’s Tales” and “The Undertaker’s Garland,” leading to numerous other book illustrations throughout the 1920s. Throughout his career, he illustrated around 50 books, including some he authored, with “As I See” being among the most notable.
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Kazbek Beauty Products, 1923
Artzybasheff gained considerable recognition for his magazine illustrations, especially in major American publications like Life, Fortune, and Time, creating 219 Time magazine covers between 1942 and 1966. These covers featured notable personalities such as Dmitri Shostakovich, Louis Armstrong, and Dave Brubeck.
The Line Book, 1929
Post-1940, Artzybasheff shifted his focus to commercial art, producing advertisements for major companies such as Xerox, Shell Oil, and Pan Am, among others
Three and the Moon, Legendary Stories of Old Brittany, Normandy and Provence by Jacques Dorey, 1929
Artzybasheff passed away in 1965 at 66. Below is a collection of vintage posters designed by him.
Three and the Moon, Legendary Stories of Old Brittany, Normandy and Provence by Jacques Dorey, 1929
Three and the Moon, Legendary Stories of Old Brittany, Normandy and Provence by Jacques Dorey, 1929
Aesop’s Fables, 1933
Stag Looking Into Water, 1933
“Melancholia”, from Neurotica, 1934
King Douda, from the book “Seven Simeons- A Russian Tale,” 1937
Seven Simeons, 1937
Seven Simeons, 1937
The Hunt, from the book “Seven Simeons- A Russian Tale,” 1937
The Last Trumpet, 1937
Art Week, Buy American Art, circa 1939
Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall, 1940
The Incomplete Enchanter by Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp, 1941
Propaganda, 1942
The Corn Kernel Constituents, Fortune Magazine, June 1943
Parker 51 ad, “Munition of Morale”, 1944
World Map of the Major Tropical Dieseases, 1944
“The Gwolphs of Saturn”, 1946
American Artist, October 1947
Anxiety-Frustration-Repressed Hostility, 1947
Alcoa Sails the Caribbean, 1948
Bermuda by Clipper, Pan Am, 1949
Hands Fighting, 1949
The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler, 1950
Ad for Shell X-100 Motor Oil, 1951
As I See, 1954