Earle K. Bergey
American illustrator · United States · On the map · Artists · Lived 1901 to 1952 · aged 51
Earle K. Bergey was an American artist and illustrator who painted cover art for thousands of pulp fiction magazines and paperback books.
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![August 1930 cover of the pulp magazine, Amazing Detective Tales, signed by Earle K. Bergey.[1] A landmark image from the early stages of Bergey's career, this is the only cover the artist produced for a Hugo Gernsback publication.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Amazing_Detective_Tales_August_1930.jpg/330px-Amazing_Detective_Tales_August_1930.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
August 1930 cover of the pulp magazine, Amazing Detective Tales, signed by Earle K. Bergey.[1] A landmark image from the early stages of Bergey's career, this is the only cover the artist produced for a Hugo Gernsback publication.
Marking the start of Bergey's highly influential run as an American paperback illustrator, this bombshell painting made the mass paperback cover of Anita Loos's blockbuster, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (published as Popular Library #221).
Earle K. Bergey's cover painting for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, circa 1948.About this person
One of the most prolific pulp fiction artists of the 20th century, Bergey is recognized for creating, at the height of his career in 1948, the iconic cover of Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925) for Popular Library.
Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1952 · aged 51
