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Don Maitz

Science fiction and fantasy artist · United States · On the map · Artists · Born 1953 · age 73

Don Maitz is an American science fiction, fantasy, and commercial artist. He has twice won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist, science fiction's highest honor for an artist, out of 21 nominations.

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1997Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic AchievementAward1996Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - PaperbackAward1993Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - HardcoverAward1991Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - PaperbackAwardInkpot AwardAward1990Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic AchievementAward1989Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - HardcoverAwardChesley Award for Lifetime Artistic AchievementAward1988Chesley Award for Best Color Work - UnpublishedAwardChesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - PaperbackAward1953Born10 June 1953

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Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement1997
Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Paperback1996
Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover1993
Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Paperback1991
Inkpot Award1991
Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement1990
Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement1989
Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover1989
Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Paperback1988
Chesley Award for Best Color Work - Unpublished1988

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His peers in the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists have honored him ten times with a Chesley Award for outstanding achievement, and he has received a Silver Medal of Excellence from the Society of Illustrators. Additionally he won the 1980 Artist World Fantasy Award and was a Guest of Honor at the 1996 World Horror Convention.

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Born 1953 · age 73

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