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Post by deuce on Oct 22, 2017 16:22:33 GMT -5
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Post by trescuinge on Nov 22, 2017 15:48:58 GMT -5
Last Sunday I finally got to the Frazetta Museum. frazettamuseum.com/The entrance on Business Rt. 209 in East Stroudsburg is unmarked and we drove right past before doubling back. The museum is set on a wooded estate with a picturesque pond. The property has several buildings and some are still occupied by family members. Frazetta's actual studio is not part of the museum but part of the main house. It faces the woods and he liked to incorporate interwoven images inspired by the branches into his artwork. Frank's daughter-in-law Lori gave us a nice, ten minute tour while his son Frank Jr. worked on a new display of drawings. The one big room was packed with Frank Sr.'s art work, and personal effects and the African and Asian artworks that his wife Ellie collected. It is hard to describe my feelings about seeing the originals of some of my favorite artworks. The images are already so familiar but there is a whole new dimension to viewing the actual painting. Some highlights were 'Atlantis', 'Silver Warrior', 'Berserker', 'Egyptian Queen', 'Indomitable', and 'Dark Kingdom'. A variety of his art is on display, including figure studies from art school, a comic book he created as a teenager, sketches and portraits of family members, and movie posters. Frazetta's easel is on display as well as part of his camera collection and 3 or 4 of his revolvers. One corner of the museum is dedicated to a shop that offers tee shirts, art prints, and collectables. All in all it is an interesting little museum, well worth the $15 admission, and I'm looking forward to visiting again in a year or two. |
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Post by finarvyn on Nov 24, 2017 8:02:24 GMT -5
The images are already so familiar but there is a whole new dimension to viewing the actual painting. Sounds amazing. Frazetta is so intertwined with my concept of so many fantasy characters, and his artwork has influenced so many of my mental images of what these characters ought to look like... seeing this stuff in person would be awesome! |
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Post by deuce on Dec 1, 2017 11:51:52 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Dec 2, 2017 1:23:52 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Dec 2, 2017 14:14:46 GMT -5
A cool Frazetta sketch that, to me, seems to have a bit of a Roy Krenkel feel.  |
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Post by Von K on Dec 4, 2017 19:17:39 GMT -5
A superb article! And perhaps the rationale behind using many of these techniques can also be adapted to other genres? I cite the following article on level of detail in action scenes as an example: www.castaliahouse.com/describing-fights-a-vital-skill/Thought the observation regardng Frank's Rembrantesque use of light, shade and contrast was a good one too. |
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Post by deuce on Dec 5, 2017 14:21:02 GMT -5
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Post by Von K on Dec 8, 2017 21:34:17 GMT -5
Another great article Deuce, thanks! (PS I meant to say "adapted to other art forms" in my post above, ie there is crossover between visual art techniques, narrative and musical ones etc)... |
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Post by deuce on Jan 21, 2018 10:09:06 GMT -5
A snowy Frazetta classic for January...  |
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Post by johnnypt on Jan 21, 2018 12:50:57 GMT -5
A snowy Frazetta classic for January... Still ticked at myself for not picking up a copy of the Silver Warriors when I saw it 20 years ago. I have the story in the White Wolf collection, but this picture is so cool! Unfortunately in the collection it’s under Moorcock’s original title “Phoenix in Obsidian”...huh? No wonder why they changed it |
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Post by deuce on Feb 3, 2018 12:04:47 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Feb 9, 2018 2:28:56 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Feb 10, 2018 14:23:39 GMT -5
Frank's "screwball comedy" movie posters: www.heavymetal.com/news/13-screwball-comedy-movie-posters-by-frank-frazetta/Money from these commisssions paid the rent for Frazetta while he was trying to establish himself in the early '60s. At one point, it almost looked like that would be the major direction his career would take. Frazetta was a very gifted cartoonist, as was shown by his years "ghosting" for Al Capp on the L'il Abner strip.  |
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Post by deuce on Mar 30, 2018 21:50:10 GMT -5
A great story from ERB mega-fan, Robert R. Barrett: "My favorite non-series book by Edgar Rice Burroughs is THE MUCKER. When I was a child my Dad would sometimes tell me the story of the Billy Byrne -- at the time I had never heard of Edgar Rice Burroughs, but I really liked this story that Dad told me. Many years later, after Dad introduced me to Tarzan and I began collecting all of Burroughs' books, I was pleased to add THE MUCKER to my collection.
A few years later I became friends with Frank Frazetta and, one evening, he called me in early 1970 and said that he had been commissioned by Ace Books to paint the cover for their upcoming reprint of the novel. He stated that his deadline was so tight that he didn't have time to read the book and would I provide and describe to him two or three scenes that I thought would make a good cover. I did so and he asked me which one I preferred.
When the book came out I was pleasantly surprised and pleased to note that he had used the scene I liked the best. I really wanted that original painting and called Frank to see if he would sell it to me -- and he said that he would. However he said that I would like another one much better and offered me the dust jacket painting for the Science Fiction Book Club edition of A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS instead of THE MUCKER. While I did like A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS I still preferred THE MUCKER and we struck a bargain. Luckily Frank's wife, Ellie, told Frank to sell it to me a lot cheaper than he had originally agreed to. So THE MUCKER is proudly displayed on our living room wall! I'm sure if my Dad had lived to see it he would have really enjoyed it as much as I do."  As a bonus, here's one of the Mucker paintings Frank didn't use... 
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