Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos (SIGNED)

This is a very cool FAMOUS MONSTER MOVIE ART OF BASIL GOGOS slip cased, signed by Gogos in black pen on the first page. The slip case has bump crease wear over bottom edge of the spine. Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos Deluxe Signed Limited Hardcover w/ Slipcase & Dust Jacket. Limited to 600. Signed by Basil Gogos. This Deluxe Slipcase Hardcover Edition also features a 16 page BONUS folio not found in the regular editions. The monster craze among baby-boomers, sparked by the release of horror classics to television in the late 1950s, gave birth to a new phenomenon the monster magazine. Famous Monsters of Filmland, was the premier publication for young horror film fans. Issues of the new magazine practically leapt off the newsstand due in no small way to their striking cover paintings by Basil Gogos. Like a Bizarro Norman Rockwell, his stylish portraits of horror film characters and stars were seen on magazine covers throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Gogos Technicolored interpretations of Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Phantom of the Opera, breathed new life into the old black and white images. His amazing use of color and bold, impressionistic brushwork gave a sense of excitement and sophistication to his paintings which has never been matched. To many the Basil Gogos is as familiar as that of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi or Vincent Price. Gogos paintings are as iconic as his subjects. The Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos is a celebration of the career of the acknowledged master of film monster portrait art. This long-overdue retrospective features high quality reproductions of many of his most famous paintings, many previously unpublished paintings and drawings of classic film creatures and actors as well as the artists magazine, book cover, Rock CD cover art, and movie posters. Also featured are in-depth interviews with the artist and commentary from his contemporaries and film professionals alike.

Product Info

ISBN: 1887591737

ISBN-13: 9781887591737

Publisher: Vanguard

Year: 2006

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

Signed

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