Richard Powers

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Richard Powers was an American science fiction and fantasy illustrator renowned for his distinctive, surreal paperback and book cover art from the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy artist
illustrator
person
science fiction artist
activePeriod 1950s
1960s
1970s
artStyle abstract art
modernist illustration
surrealism
birthDate 1921-02-24
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1996-03-09
employer Ace Books
Ballantine Books
Bantam Books
Doubleday
familyName Powers
fieldOfWork book cover art
fantasy illustration
paperback cover art
science fiction illustration
fullName Richard Powers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Richard Michael Gorman Powers
genre fantasy
science fiction
givenName Richard
influenced later science fiction cover artists
influencedBy Abstract expressionism
surface form: abstract expressionism

surrealist painting
language English
nationality American
notableCharacteristic departure from pulp realism in SF covers
non-representational alien landscapes
use of biomorphic shapes
notableFor abstract paperback cover designs
surreal science fiction book covers
notableWork cover art for "Childhood's End"
cover art for "Fahrenheit 451"
cover art for "The Left Hand of Darkness"
cover art for Ballantine Books science fiction line
occupation illustrator
painter
placeOfBirth United States of America
placeOfDeath United States of America

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The Naked Sun coverArtist Richard Powers
The City and the Stars hasCoverArtist Richard Powers
Earthlight hasCoverArtist Richard Powers
Tom Keene alternateName Richard Powers
Thorns hasCoverArtist Richard Powers
Powers hasNotableBearer Richard Powers
Richard Powers fullName Richard Powers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Richard Michael Gorman Powers
The Word for World Is Forest coverArtist Richard Powers
this entity surface form: Richard M. Powers