{"id":309,"date":"2017-04-06T18:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/?p=309"},"modified":"2017-04-08T04:12:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T04:12:54","slug":"the-story-of-artzybasheff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/the-story-of-artzybasheff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Artzybasheff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanartarchives.com\/artzybasheff.htm\" target=\"_blank\">American Art Archives<\/a> about the Russian-American surrealist illustrator:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/say-something-smart-crop.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/say-something-smart-crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/say-something-smart-crop.png 187w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/say-something-smart-crop-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a>Fought with anti-communist White Russians before immigrating to US (he spoke no English and arrived with 14 cents). A chameleon, able to adapt different styles, from children&#8217;s books to portraits. Renowned for his ability to turn machines into living beings (and living beings into who-knows-what). Advisor to the Psychological Warfare branch during WW II. A profuse illustrator for the majors: Life, Fortune, and Time (producing 200+ covers for the last). Illustrated 50 books, including those he wrote himself, notably &#8220;As I See.&#8221; Plentiful ad work 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, &#8220;When Machines Come to Life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/artzybasheff_prkdvs_p30oct54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-311 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/artzybasheff_prkdvs_p30oct54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/artzybasheff_prkdvs_p30oct54.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/artzybasheff_prkdvs_p30oct54-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From American Art Archives about the Russian-American surrealist illustrator: Fought with anti-communist White Russians before immigrating to US (he spoke no English and arrived with 14 cents). 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