Description: THIS IS A SOLD AS IS item This is a FANTASTIC UNIVERSE 1957 MAGAZINE Cover Art Virgil Finlay Sci Fi Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914 – January 18, 1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called "part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of original and imaginative art work for the most memorable science fiction and fantasy publications of our time." While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in, and became famous for, detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling, cross-hatching, and scratchboard techniques. Despite the very labor-intensive and time-consuming nature of his specialty, Finlay created more than 2600 works of graphic art in his 35-year career. Finlay had to undergo major surgery for cancer in early 1969. He recovered enough to go back to work for a time, but the cancer returned, and Finlay died on January 18, 1971, aged 56. (In the last year of his life, he suffered from liver failure. The cause of death was officially cirrhosis, but an autopsy revealed that he had advanced lung cancer. Finlay just missed a resurgence in interest in his artwork from the early 1970s onward. Both Donald M. Grant and Gerry de la Ree have published collections of Finlay's work since the artist's death. The later books published by Underwood-Miller contain illustrations from the Gerry de la Ree editions, as well as additional material. A slightly later generation of fantasy fans were introduced to Finlay's art by reprints of his earlier work in the horror film fan magazine Castle of Frankenstein alongside the fine writing that gave significance to that magazine. Item in FAIR ( as seen ) CONDITION - MINOR COVER DAMAGE AS SEEN IN PICS - ITEM SOLD AS-IS PLEASE SEE PHOTOS - SOLD AS IS
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