Robert Gibson Jones’s Covers Art.Robert Gibson Jones (1889-1969). American illustrator Robert Gibson Jones. After completing his art training in Chicago, Jones worked mainly in advertising for 20 years before becoming a regular Ziff-Davis cover artist in 1942. Jones also created covers for non-genre titles such as Mammoth Adventure and Mammoth Detective. Later in the 1950s, Jones was responsible for covers for Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Mystic Magazine. He also did interior art. Jones’s stimulating, vivid cover illustrations were reminiscent of Earle K Bergey in some respects. They featured exotically dressed characters and a love for beautiful, dark-haired ladies. One famous cover, for the August 1950 issue, Amazing, featured a woman with a bejewelled headband appearing above a mountain range to a group grounded space travellers. Brian W Aldiss in Science Fiction Art (1975), quotably stated that Jones “made champagne out of the mythology of technological progress: The wish that frontiers beyond Earth will yield adventure power and romance.” However, one could also say that Jones’s distinctly old-fashioned visions for the future, which evoked the imagery of historical romances but lacked any real resonance with the futuristic spirit that sf embodies.
Robert Gibson Jones(1889-1969) Working name of American illustrator Robert Gibson Jones. After some art training in Chicago, he worked mostly in advertising for two decades before becoming, in 1942, a regular cover artist for Ziff-Davis publications. In addition to covers for their non-genre titles like Mammoth Adventure, Mammoth Detective, and Mammoth Western, Jones painted 90 covers for Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures; later in the 1950s, he painted covers for Universe Science Fiction, Other Worlds, and Mystic Magazine. He also did some interior art.
Jones’s vivid, stimulating cover illustrations, reminiscent of Earle K Bergey’s in some respects, often had an Arabian Nights feel about them, displaying exotically costumed characters and a fondness for beautiful, dark-haired women; one celebrated cover, for the August 1950 issue of Amazing, featured the face of a woman wearing a bejewelled headband materializing above a mountain range to a group of grounded space travellers. Placing a positive spin on his proclivities, Brian W Aldiss in Science Fiction Art (1975) quotably said that Jones “made champagne of the myth of technological progress: the wish that frontiers beyond the Moon will yield adventure, power and romance.” But one could say with equal justice that his distinctly old-fashioned visions of the future, recalling the imagery of historical romances, lacked any genuine resonance with the futuristic spirit of sf.
Robert Gibson Jones’s Covers Art
Robert Gibson Jones’s Covers Art.Robert Gibson Jones (1889-1969). American illustrator Robert Gibson Jones. After completing his art training in Chicago, Jones worked mainly in advertising for 20 years before becoming a regular Ziff-Davis cover artist in 1942. Jones also created covers for non-genre titles such as Mammoth Adventure and Mammoth Detective. Later in the 1950s, Jones was responsible for covers for Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Mystic Magazine. He also did interior art. Jones’s stimulating, vivid cover illustrations were reminiscent of Earle K Bergey in some respects. They featured exotically dressed characters and a love for beautiful, dark-haired ladies. One famous cover, for the August 1950 issue, Amazing, featured a woman with a bejewelled headband appearing above a mountain range to a group grounded space travellers. Brian W Aldiss in Science Fiction Art (1975), quotably stated that Jones “made champagne out of the mythology of technological progress: The wish that frontiers beyond Earth will yield adventure power and romance.” However, one could also say that Jones’s distinctly old-fashioned visions for the future, which evoked the imagery of historical romances but lacked any real resonance with the futuristic spirit that sf embodies.
Robert Gibson Jones’s visual Art
Robert Gibson Jones’s visual Art.
Robert Gibson Jones(1889-1969) Working name of American illustrator Robert Gibson Jones. After some art training in Chicago, he worked mostly in advertising for two decades before becoming, in 1942, a regular cover artist for Ziff-Davis publications. In addition to covers for their non-genre titles like Mammoth Adventure, Mammoth Detective, and Mammoth Western, Jones painted 90 covers for Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures; later in the 1950s, he painted covers for Universe Science Fiction, Other Worlds, and Mystic Magazine. He also did some interior art.
Jones’s vivid, stimulating cover illustrations, reminiscent of Earle K Bergey’s in some respects, often had an Arabian Nights feel about them, displaying exotically costumed characters and a fondness for beautiful, dark-haired women; one celebrated cover, for the August 1950 issue of Amazing, featured the face of a woman wearing a bejewelled headband materializing above a mountain range to a group of grounded space travellers. Placing a positive spin on his proclivities, Brian W Aldiss in Science Fiction Art (1975) quotably said that Jones “made champagne of the myth of technological progress: the wish that frontiers beyond the Moon will yield adventure, power and romance.” But one could say with equal justice that his distinctly old-fashioned visions of the future, recalling the imagery of historical romances, lacked any genuine resonance with the futuristic spirit of sf.