‘Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) Born In Kharkov, Russia. He fought with anti-communist White Russians before emigrating to America. A chameleon, able to adapt different styles, from children's books to portraits. Renowned for his ability to turn machines into living beings. 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. 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.”’ image & text from https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-3.html 21.2.22
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Illustration by Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965)
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Cover of *Fortune*, April 1941
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