Before we had Von Dutch, before we had weirdo art, before we had the artists that many still "rip-off" today, we had Boris Artzybasheff. Boris is mostly known for his emotional art that graced the cover of Time Magazine for many decades, but he was a... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Those are interesting. Thanks for sharing, im going to research some more. I like the style of some of the creations of metal and human.
Thanks, Ryan. TO cool. Its great putting a name to an artist I remember from when I was a kid. At first his work reminded me of the Mad Magazine artist...Basil Wolverton
I think this guy was using. Never seen this art before, but I like it. I would call it phsychedelic in a way. It was obvious he knew the machinery good enough , which makes it more believable. I like it. I have seen his influence in underground sixties art now that I've seen more of it.Thanks Ryan!
That art work is fantastic!! I love the Aircraft and the Tank, man this guy had a very warped sense of reality. That is though, a good thing!! Doc.
Surrealism....Salvidor would have been proud... maybe even Tooloose the Wreck also! great forward thinking automotive art!
I remember seeing some of the steel mill images when I was a kid; fascinating and kinda scary since my Dad worked at US Steel Fairless Works. Later, working there myself I realized how he closely observed the mechanical details and atmosphere of the place for those illustrations. Brilliant, the way the humanized elements help the viewer understand what the machines do, while making the pictures really fun to look at. Love the expressions on the faces of the ingot molds! The portrait of alcoholism is harsh, brilliant and true. Thanks, Ryan, for highlighting the work of a truly unique artist!
Big deal, this guy is just an industrial age rip-off of Hieronymus Bosch. Just kidding, this is some very creative stuff. Also, possibly influenced by some psychotropic substances, but creative none the less. Wow. *****6
This guys machinery drawings are very cool. I sketched a Accurpress Press Brake for a engineer in Vancouver BC one day when he was experiencing a meltdown while manning the service dept phones. I tried to cheer him up with so he wouldn't quit his job which would have trickled down to me loosing my job. Anyway this is what I sent him. Sorry but I wanted to share. Thanks Ryan.
Boris has always been one of my favorite! I would be proud to display any of his artwork! INCREDIBLE!
I've never seen his art before, very cool. And it looks like Von Dutch was inspired by his art as well
Definitely unbelievable work. I've appreciated his work over the years but hadn't seen all of these samples. Truely amazing in concept and execution. You can see a direct link from his work to what Von Dutch and Dean "The Kid" Jeffries were doing by the mid '50s. Von Dutch was heavily inspired by surrealism and most likely early "Art" movies. Although Dutch really was doing some crazy **** even in the '40s. I can't say for sure about Boris, but I know for a fact that early monster painters and pinstripers were fueled by coffee, alcohol and drugs. Man the internet sure is destroying a lot of the world's mysteries. Great Collection. Thanks for sharing! -Aaron
absolutely brilliant. The post ww1 guys sure had a interesting take on mechanization. ps...check out Otto Dix
One of my all time favorites! I have a huge Artzybasheff collection (I don't have anything scanned though) A true pioneer of anthropomorphism. I have turned a lot of other artists on to his work---and they have finally re-published his 1954 book "As I See". Even his early children's book illustrations had an amazing grace and flow. Marcy
Ryan, Thanks for the story & photos. The Alcoholism pic. is the best illustration of an addiction I have ever seen. Says it all without wasting words. Al
yeah, it creepy me out.. warped me for sure.. which is all good by me. will never look at a 2 barrel carb the same. rock on. chris.
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