Paul Alexander (artist)
Paul Alexander | |
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Born | Paul R. Alexander September 3, 1937 |
Died | June 14, 2021 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Illustration |
Paul R. Alexander (September 3, 1937 – June 14, 2021) was an American commercial artist and illustrator.[1][2][3] In a career spanning the years 1976–1998, he specialized in art for the covers of science fiction paperbacks and occasionally magazines.[2] He was usually credited as Paul Alexander, but occasionally as Paul R. Alexander.[2]
Life and career[]
Alexander was born September 3, 1937 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana,[1][2][3] the son of Fred and Ora Olive Alexander.[1] He graduated from Wittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio in 1967, and also studied at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles.[3] He was "one of the top science fiction paperback cover artists of the 1970s and '80s."[3] His career as a commercial artist on the East Coast spanned the years 1976–1998.[3][1] He was also a model train collector.[1] Alexander passed away June 14, 2021 at the Brethren Retirement Community, Greenville, Ohio. He was survived by a brother and sister-in-law, niece, and nephew.[1]
Reception[]
Vincent Di Fate, fellow science fiction illustrator and a historian of the field, grouped Alexander together with Dean Ellis, Christopher Foss and John C. Berkey as "gadget" artists, "adept at painting futuristic hardware."[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Obituary at dignitymemorial.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Paul Alexander at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Paul Alexander (b. 1937)." On Indiana Illustrators and Hoosier Cartoonists: Life Stories of Artists, Illustrators, and Cartoonists of Indiana, Thursday, November 17, 2001
- 1937 births
- 2021 deaths
- American illustrators
- American speculative fiction artists
- Science fiction artists
- People from Richmond, Indiana
- Wittenberg University alumni
- Art Center College of Design alumni