# trying to recall a fantasy artist from '60s-70s... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090 "2015-04-20T02:48:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/1 "2015-04-20T02:48:48Z")
I had a poster in the early 70s, done in a realistic style, that depicted a handsome, young human with large wings, standing, I think, on a craggy peak. But one of his shoulders was injured, and underneath the torn flesh was a shoulder joint made of metal. As a teenager, I thought this was profound and angsty. Anyone know the painting? The artist? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/2 "2015-04-20T02:51:54Z")
Frank Frazetta was one of the more prolific of that genre, but your description doesn’t ring a bell. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/3 "2015-04-20T02:56:58Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Frank Frazetta was one of the more prolific of that genre, but your description doesn’t ring a bell. Pretty sure, not positive, it wasn’t Frazetta. The figure was not exaggerated in his notable style, and I don’t think it was from a book cover. Could be wrong, it was a long time ago, and when I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible… ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/4 "2015-04-20T02:57:35Z")
And the other big name fantasy artist of that period is Boris Vallejo. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/5 "2015-04-20T03:00:57Z")
Frazetta didn’t do a lot of cyborgs, either. Vallejo is a good thought. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/6 "2015-04-20T03:19:19Z")
I’m no expert in the art of Frazetta or Vallejo, and they did a ton of work, but as I recall the picture, it was more subdued, if that isn’t a little silly when talking about a winged humanoid cyborg… ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/7 "2015-04-20T03:20:58Z")
call a comic book shop during business hours and ask ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/8 "2015-04-20T03:26:18Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > I had a poster in the early 70s, done in a realistic style, that depicted a handsome, young human with large wings, standing, I think, on a craggy peak. But one of his shoulders was injured, and underneath the torn flesh was a shoulder joint made of metal. As a teenager, I thought this was profound and angsty. Anyone know the painting? The artist? Thanks in advance. Do you remember why it was a poster? Was it from a movie? An album release? ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/9 "2015-04-20T03:37:32Z")
The version I had was just a poster, no words or indication that it was from an album or book cover. Of course, it might have been. And I think there were others, either by the same artist or in the same style, not in the warrior or super-gluteal style. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/10 "2015-04-20T15:52:20Z")
The only other fantasy artist of that era that I recognize is Roger Dean, and he’s a lot more surreal and a lot less cyborg warrior than the description. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/11 "2015-04-20T15:57:40Z")
Actually, I’m reminded more of X-Men by that description than any 70s Fantasy stuff. Did Archangel have adamantium bones? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/12 "2015-04-20T16:09:42Z")
Archangel had metal wings, not metal bones. And that was in the 90s. In the 70s he was just “Angel”, lamest of the X-Men. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/13 "2015-04-20T16:12:41Z")
So many to remember… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/14 "2015-04-21T00:30:36Z")
I may have gone down a cul-de-sac by calling it fantasy art. It didn’t look at all like Dean, et al. The human figure was more like the statue of David in proportion and musclature, and more of a tragic than a heroic figure. The background was bleak, with, I think, lots of orange and blue and gray. I promise to let it go after this note.☹ ---
**Author:** ![MsKaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MsKaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsKaren)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/15 "2015-04-21T01:37:34Z")
Maybe Michael Parkes. My daughter loved him. He was known for realistic depictions of unrealistic stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/16 "2015-04-21T02:50:04Z")
> [@MsKaren](#): > > Maybe Michael Parkes. My daughter loved him. He was known for realistic depictions of unrealistic stuff. Closer in style, but not him. O Straight Dope, why hast thou forsaken me? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/17 "2015-04-21T03:07:18Z")
> [@MsKaren](#): > > Maybe Michael Parkes. My daughter loved him. He was known for realistic depictions of unrealistic stuff. This was starting to really bug me. I was sure I knew the artist the OP was talking about, but didn’t know his name, and couldn’t figure out a way to Google his art. Turns out, it was Michael Parkes! So _my_ question has been answered. Hard cheese to **Kropotkin** , though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/18 "2015-04-21T03:09:49Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/19 "2015-04-21T03:27:01Z")
Some of Carl Lundgren’s work looks a bit like the style and colours. This, for example, though it is cute, not existential and profound in a way that appeals to a teenager wallowing in whatever it is they wallow in [![](https://justunderthesurface.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/lundgren11.jpg) ](https://justunderthesurface.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/lundgren11.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090/20 "2015-04-21T04:36:40Z")
I don’t see any images that seem to match the description, but[Michael Whelan](https://www.google.com/search?q=michael+whelan+art&hl=en&biw=1517&bih=734&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=htE1VZyoJYXwoATCj4DABQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&dpr=0.9) was active in the mid-seventies. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recall-a-fantasy-artist-from-60s-70s/718090.md?page=2)