Paul Alexander (American artist)

Paul Alexander
Born Paul R. Alexander
(1937-09-03)September 3, 1937
Richmond, Indiana
Nationality American
Known for Illustration

Paul R. Alexander (born September 3, 1937) is an American artist and illustrator.[1][2] In a career spanning the years 1976–1998, he specialized in art for the covers of science fiction paperbacks and occasionally magazines.[1] He is usually credited as Paul Alexander, but occasionally as Paul R. Alexander.[1]

Life and career

Alexander was born in Richmond, Indiana.[1][2] He graduated from Wittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio in 1967, and also studied at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles.[2] He was "one of the top science fiction paperback cover artists of the 1970s and '80s."[2] His career as a cover artist spanned the years 1976–1998. He has since retired.[2]

Reception

Vincent Di Fate, fellow science fiction illustrator and a historian of the field, grouped Alexander together with Dean Ellis, Christopher Foss and John C. Berkey as "gadget" artists, "adept at painting futuristic hardware."[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Paul Alexander at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Paul Alexander (b. 1937)." On Indiana Illustrators and Hoosier Cartoonists: Life Stories of Artists, Illustrators, and Cartoonists of Indiana, Thursday, November 17, 2001
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