Robert McGinnis

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Robert McGinnis (* 1926 ) is an American artist and illustrator . McGinnis is known for his illustration of more than 1200 paperback book covers and over 40 movie posters, including " Breakfast at Tiffany's " (his first movie poster), "Barbarella", and several James Bond and Matt Helm films.

biography

Robert Edward McGinnis was born in Cincinnati , Ohio in 1926 and grew up in Wyoming , Ohio.

McGinnis began as an apprentice at Walt Disney Studios , then studied art at Ohio State University . After military service in the merchant navy , he worked in advertising. A chance meeting with Mitchell Haken in 1958 led him to Dell Publishing (former US publisher). There he began his career drawing for a variety of paperback books - including works by Edward S. Aarons , Erle Stanley Gardner , Richard S. Prather , Michael Shayne and Carter Brown .

McGinnis later worked for magazines such as Ladies' Home Journal , Women's Home Companion , Good Housekeeping , TIME , Argosy , Guideposts and The Saturday Evening Post . He was the title designer for the novel Hallelujah Trail (originally: Hallelujah Train ; basis for the western comedy Forty Wagon Westward , 1965).

McGinni's attention to detail was such that when he was instructed to do the artwork for Arabesque , he asked for Sophia Loren's tiger stripe dress to be sent to a model to get a true-to-life impression .

In 1985 McGinnis was named "Romantic Artist of the Year" by Romantic Times Magazine for his many romance covers.

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

McGinnis is the subject of a documentary - Robert McGinnis: … Painting the Last Rose of Summer by Paul Jilbert.

He is a member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.

Books

About Robert McGinnis

  • Artie Fenner, Cathy Fenner: Tapestry: The Paintings of Robert McGinnis. Underwood Books, Hi Marketing, London 2000 - ISBN 978-1-887424-56-1 .
  • Art Scott: Paperback Covers of Robert McGinnis. Pond Press, Boston 2001, ISBN 978-0-9666776-4-5 .

With illustrations by Robert McGinnis

  • AA Fair Crows Can't Count. Dell, 1960.
  • Brett Halliday: Date with a Dead Man. Dell, 1960.
  • Robert Dietrich: Murder on Her Mind. 1st edition, 1960.
  • Leo Margulies: Mike Shayne's Torrid Twelve. Dell First Edition, 1961.
  • Brett Halliday: Murder Takes No Holiday Dell, 1961.
  • Brett Halliday: The Corpse Came Calling. Dell, 1961.
  • Brett Halliday: The Careless Corpse. Dell, 1962.
  • Brett Halliday: Never Kill a Client. Dell, 1963.
  • Brett Halliday: The Blonde Cried Murder. Dell, 1963.
  • Brett Halliday: The Body Came Back. Dell, 1964.
  • Brett Halliday: A Redhead for Mike Shayne. Dell, 1965.
  • Brett Halliday: Heads You Lose. Dell, 1965.
  • Brett Halliday: Murder Spins the Wheel. Dell, 1966.
  • Brett Halliday: Nice Fillies Finish Last. Dell, 1966.
  • Brett Halliday: Guilty As Hell. Dell, 1967.
  • Brett Halliday: This Is It, Michael Shayne. Dell, 1968.

Movie posters

(Selection)

  • Arabesque (1968, arabesque, with Sophia Loren and Gregory Peck) (US posters)
  • The Assassination Bureau (1969, Mörder GmbH with Diana Rigg and Oliver Reed) (US posters)
  • Barbarella (1968) (US posters, Belgian posters, German A1 and A0 posters)
  • The Biggest Bundle of them all (1968, Die Platinbande) (US posters)
  • Brannigan (1975) (US posters)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, Breakfast at Tiffany's) (US posters, German poster A0 across)
  • Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972, When It Gets Dark in Harlem) (US posters)
  • Cotton comes to Harlem (1970, Coffy) (US posters)
  • The day of the Dolphin (1973) (US poster)
  • Don't tell her it's me (1990) (painted for US poster, but not published as a poster)
  • Duck, you Sucker (or: A Fistful Of Dynamite) (1971, Death Melody, Mit Rod Steiger and James Coburn) (US posters)
  • Gator (1976, with Burt Reynolds) (US posters)
  • The Hallelujah Trail (1965, Forty Cars Westbound) (US posters)
  • The Honkers (1972, His Last Ride, with James Coburn) (US posters)
  • How to steel a million (1967, How to steal a million ?, with Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn) (multiple motifs, US posters, German A1 poster)
  • Jack of Diamonds (1967, The Diamond Prince, with Joseph Cotton and George Hamilton) (US posters)
  • James Bond 007 (Comedy): Casino Royale (1967) (main motif, US posters, often adopted internationally)
  • James Bond 007 - Live and let die (1973, Live and Let Die) (US posters, widely adopted internationally)
  • James Bond 007 - The Man with the Golden Gun (1974, The Man with the Golden Gun) (US posters, internally often adopted)
  • James Bond 007 - Thunderball (1965, fireball) (several motifs, US posters, widely adopted internationally)
  • James Bond 007 - You only live twice (1968, You only live twice) (several motifs, US posters, frequently adopted internationally)
  • Lady L (1966, with Sophia Loren and Paul Newman) (US posters)
  • Murderer's Row (1966, The Murderers Are Queuing) (US posters)
  • The Odd Couple (1968, A Strange Couple) (US posters)
  • The Optimists (OF NINE ELMS) (1973, Die Optimisten) (US posters)
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, directed by Billy Wilder) (US posters)
  • Run for Your Wife (1966, with Rhonda Fleming and Marina Vlady) (US posters)
  • Scorpio (1973) (US poster Style B)
  • Semi-Tough (1977, Two Savvy Pros, with Kris Kristofferson and Burt Reynolds) (US posters)
  • Sleeper (1973, The Sleeper, with Woody Allen)
  • Stay Away Joe (1968, Hard Fists, Hot Songs) (US posters)
  • The teasers go to Paris! (1978) (US posters)
  • The Wrecking Crew (1968, Rollkommando , with Dean Martin) (US posters)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biography: McGinnis, Robert . - Cavalier Galleries
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ^ Nourmand, Tony, (2001). - James Bond Movie Posters: The Official 007 Collection . - London: Boxtree. - ISBN 978-0-7522-2017-8 .
  4. ↑ a b Virtual Pin-ups Art Gallery: artist Robert McGinnis / 9  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . - ImageNETion@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.imagenetion.org  
  5. ↑ Robert McGinnis . - IMDb
  6. ^ Hall of Fame . - Society of Illustrators
personal data
SURNAME McGinnis, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1926