Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) fought with anti-communist White Russians before emigrating to America (he spoke no English and arrived with 14 cents). A chameleon, able to adapt different styles, from children's books to portraits. Renowned for his ability to turn machines into living beings (and living beings into who-knows-what). Advisor to the Psychological Warfare branch during WW II. A profuse illustrator for mainstream magazines: Life, Fortune, and Time (producing over two hundred covers for the latter). He illustrated fifty books, including those he wrote himself, notably "As I See." He did many illustrations for advertising; 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. Mechanics Illustrated profiled him with a cover story in 1954, "When Machines Come to Life."
For more information on Artzybasheff see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 11 also. This is part 12 of a 12-part series on the works of Boris Artzybasheff:
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| 1961 Leisure Camping |
1960 Time magazine
New Products
1961 Time magazine August 18
C. Douglas Dillon
1961 Time magazine August 18
C. Douglas Dillon artwork
tempera, pencil and ink on board 47 x 35.9 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1961 Time magazine August 25
Walter Ulbricht
1961 Time magazine August 25
Walter Ulbricht artwork
tempera on Masonite 53.9 x 42.5 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1961 Time magazine October 27
Thomas V. Jones
1961 Time magazine October 27
Thomas V. Jones
1962 Avco advertisement
"Avco makes Corn Pickers, too."
1962 Avco advertisement
"Centuries of history teach the importance of military mobility."
1962 Time magazine August 10
Concept sketch for D. Brainerd Holmes
1962 Time magazine August 10
Concept sketch for D. Brainerd Holmes
1962 Time magazine August 10
D. Brainerd Holmes
1962 Time magazine August 10
D. Brainerd Holmes artwork
tempera, pencil and ink on masonite 50.8 x 40.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1962 Time magazine August 31
The Berlin Wall
1962 Time magazine August 31
The Berlin Wall artwork
tempera and ink on masonite 35.6 x 25.4 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1962 Time magazine March
Spaceman John Glenn
1962 Time magazine March 2
Spaceman John Glenn artwork
pencil, ink and tempera on masonite 48.2 x 38.1 cm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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| 1963 Avco advertisment for missiles "Sinews of strength take many forms." watercolour and gouache on board 34.3 x 30.5 cm |
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| 1963 Avco advertisement Avco manipulates molecules into new and useful shapes. |
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| 1963 Time magazine January 18 Architect Minoru Yamasaki |
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| 1963 Time magazine January 18 Architect Minoru Yamasaki tempera on board 36.9 x 26 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1963 Time magazine September 6 Planner William Pereira |
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| 1963 Time magazine September 6 Planner William Pereira |
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| 1963 Time magazine September 13 Red China |
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| 1963 Time magazine September 13 Red China artwork opaque paint and marker on masonite 65.1 x 49.8 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1964 Der Spiegel Automation in Germany |
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| 1964 Time magazine August 28 Lady Bird Johnson |
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| 1964 Time magazine August 28 Lady Bird Johnson artwork watercolour, gouache, coloured pencil and graphite pencil on paperboard 55.6 x 40.4 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1964 Time magazine February 21 Leonid Brezhnev |
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| 1964 Time magazine February 21 Leonid Brezhnev artwork Tempera on masonite 51.1 x 38.1 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1964 Time magazine January 10 R. Buckminster Fuller |
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| 1964 Time magazine January 10 R. Buckminster Fuller artwork tempera on board 43.2 x 31.1 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1964 Time magazine June 26 General Kong Lee |
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| 1964 Time magazine June 26 General Kong Lee artwork tempera on board 52.1 x 35.9 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1964 TIme magazine November 27 Du Pont's Copeland |
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| 1964 Time magazine October 2 Lee Harvey Oswald |
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| 1964 Time magazine October 2 Lee Harvey Oswald artwork tempera on board 36.6 x 25.7 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1965 Time magazine July 16 Ho Chi Minh |
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| 1965 Time magazine July 16 Ho Chi Minh artwork tempera on masonite 53.3 x 40.6 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| 1965 Time magazine April 2 The Computer in Society |
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| 1965 Time magazine The Computer in Society artwork tempera and pencil on masonite 53.3 x 40.6 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
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| n.d. Betty and Boris Artzybasheff Christmas card "Betty and Boris Artzybasheff wish you Merry Christmas and the best of everything, and above all, the best of health!" 28 x 20 cm |
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| (Date not found) Dateline 25th Anniversary |
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| (Date not found) Fortune magazine US Public Health Service |
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| (Date not found) Skeleton Hand and Skull Silhouette |
