Buckminster Fuller, based on Time Magazine cover by Boris Artzybasheff (January 10, 1964).

Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) was a Russian-born illustrator active in America, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Buckminster Fuller USPS stamp This image is a postage stamp produced by the United States Postal Service after 1978. ... Buckminster Fuller USPS stamp This image is a postage stamp produced by the United States Postal Service after 1978. ... In the U.S. postage stamp commemorating Buckminster Fuller and his contributions to architecture and science, some of his inventions are visible. ... America is usually meant as either: The United States of America In the United States and other parts of the world (particularly English-speaking nations), America is used almost exclusively to refer to the U.S. However, such use is highly contested elsewhere. ...

Artzybasheff was born in Kharkiv, Russia (now in Ukraine), the son of Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev. He is said to have fought as a White Russian. In 1919 he arrived in New York City, where he worked in an engraving shop. Vintage view of Kharkov in the 1890s. ... The term White Russian may refer to: A member of the White movement, which opposed the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution and fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ...

His earliest work appeared in 1922 as illustrations for Verotchka's Tales and The Undertaker's Garland. A number of other book illustrations followed during the 1920s. Dhan Gopal Mukerji's Gay-Neck, with his illustrations, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1928. Over the course of his career, he illustrated some 50 books, several of which he wrote, most notably As I See. Dhan Gopal Mukerji was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States. ... The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the most outstanding American book for children. ...

During his lifetime, however, Artzybasheff was probably best known for his magazine art. He illustrated the major American magazines Life, Fortune, and Time (including more than 200 Time Magazine covers over a 24-year span between 1941 and 1965). During World War II, he also served an expert advisor to the U.S. Department of State, Psychological Warfare Branch. A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ... The 2004 Fortune 500 issue The magazine Fortune was founded by Time Magazine co-founder Henry Luce in 1930 at the outset of the Great Depression. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from the dates May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... This is the current Improvement Drive collaboration! World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...

After 1940, he devoted himself to commercial art, including advertisements for Xerox, Shell Oil, Pan Am, Casco Power Tools, Alcoa Steamship lines, Parke Davis, Avco Manufacturing, Scotch Tape, Wickwire Spencer Steele, Vultee Aircraft, World Airways, and Parker Pens. Xerox Corporation NYSE: XRX is the worlds largest document-management company, providing the industrys broadest range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ... A Shell petrol station sign in the UK The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (called Shell Oil in North America), has its headquarters split between the Shell Centre in London, United Kingdom and The Hague, Netherlands. ... Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was the United States principal international airline from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991, and was credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry. ...

His papers are collected at Syracuse University. Syracuse University Syracuse University (SU) is a private American research university. ...

Selected illustrations

• 1922 Verotchka's Tales
• 1922 The Undertaker's Garland, by John Peale Bishop
• 1924 Feats on the Fiord
• 1927 The Wonder Smith and His Son
• 1934 Mizra, Son of the Sword
• 1935 All Things Are Possible, dust jacket
• 1935 The Circus of Dr. Lao, by Charles G. Finney
• 1940 Nansen