The Paintings of J. Allen St. John; Grand Master of Fantasy
, by Stephen KorshakNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781887591874 | 1887591877
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 8/11/2008
This is the greatest work of the greatest pulp artist. The masterfulaintings of J. Allen St. John, the illustrator of "Tarzan", John Carter of "ars", and many other pulp icons, inspired generations of later artists,ncluding Frank Frazetta, Roy G. Krenkel, and Jeffrey Jones. "The Paintingsf J. Allen St. John" presents the artist's full-colour fantasy andcience-fiction paintings for novels and pulp magazine stories by famousuthors, such as Edgar Rice Burroughs. Essays by today's top science-fictionriters, including Jack Williamson, illustrator, Vincent Di Fate andistorian, Robert R. Barrett, make this book - Vanguard's second devoted tohe art of St. John - essential for any fantasy collection. It includes morehan 170 paintings of "Tarzan", John Carter of "Mars", and more - many shotrom original paintings. It also features essays by top science fictionuthors.