Virgil Finlay

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American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator (1914-1971)

United States ArtistsLived 1914 to 1971 · aged 56

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Virgil Finlay was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called "part of the pulp magazine history ...

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Finlay's illustration of H. P. Lovecraft as an eighteenth-century gentleman, 1937

Awards 7

2019Retro Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

2018Retro Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

2016Retro Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

2014Retro Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

2012Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

1996Retro Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

1953Hugo Award for Best Interior Illustrator

Connected to Virgil 6

Frank Kelly FreasAlso won Retro Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

Chesley BonestellAlso won Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

Frank R. PaulAlso won Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

Donald A. WollheimAlso won Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

John SchoenherrAlso won Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

Wilson TuckerAlso won Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

About this person

Virgil Finlay 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.

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United States