Fantasy Art by Boris Vallejo

Fantasy Art by George Grie

Fantasy Art by Michael Parkes

Fantasy Art by Heinz Zander

Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings. While there is some overlap with science fiction, horror and other speculative fiction art, there are unique elements not generally found in other forms of speculative fiction art. Depictions of ancient myths and legends, as well as depictions of modern day fantasy in the form of divine interventions and other magical or supernatural forces, are very common elements, and help distinguish fantasy art from other forms. Dragons, wizards, fairies and other fantastical and mythical creatures are common features in fantasy art. Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image01s. ... Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image01s. ... Vallejo work from the box art of the video game Ecco the Dolphin. ... Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image02s. ... Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image02s. ... George Grie 2005 Flying-Dutchman 2006 The Sand Castle 2006 Shiva the Destroyer 2006 Mermaid Syndrom 2006 George Grie (aka Юрий Георгиевич Грибановский) (born in May 14, 1962) is a digital neo-surrealist artist. ... Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image03s. ... Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image03s. ... Michael Parkes (1944 – ) is an American-born Magic realism artist specializing in fantasy painting and stone lithographs. ... Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image04s. ... Image File history File links Fantasy-art-image04s. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical or paranormal means. ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Horror can mean several things: Horror (emotion) Horror fiction Horror film This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... ...

Fantasy art is strongly linked to fantasy fiction. Indeed fantasy art pieces are often intended to represent specific characters or scenes from works of fantasy literature. Such works created by amateur artists may be called fanart. Fan art or fanart is a type of artwork that is based on a person or item that the artist did not create. ...

There is a large subculture based around the creation of amateur fantasy art. This is largely centred around websites such as Elfwood. Such sites are noticeably less male-dominated than some other pursuits related to the fantasy genre. The Elfwood Logo. ...

Fantasy art should not be confused with the fantastic art genre, which can contain fantastical elements that are not always considered "fantasy" per se. Fantastic art is a loosely defined art genre. ...

Fantasy Art and 'High Culture'

Despite the technical skill of many of its practitioners, and despite (or arguably because of) its popularity, Fantasy art is not considered part of the 'canon', or 'fine art', in the sense that it is not hung in galleries, subsidised by governments, studied in art schools etc. The Western canon is a canon of books and art (and specifically one with very loose boundaries) that has allegedly been highly influential in shaping Western culture. ...

A few works which are 'canonical', particularly surrealist or pre-Raphaelite works, have many characteristics in common with fantasy art. For example The Castle in the Pyrenees by Rene Magritte, and The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, would almost certainly be accepted as fantasy art if they had been created recently by an artist who presented them as such. As with much fantasy art, the latter illustrates a scene from another work. Other modern fantasy artists such as Michael "Warble" Finucane use the Art Nouveau Movement and other "high culture" art movements with the contention that fantasy or faerie art should be critically evaluated and noticed by academic institutions. Finucane defines his art stylistics as "Neo-Medieval", rather than using the escapist terminology of "fantasy art" to define his work. Historical standards of what is high art or what is not high art was a common problem for now famous artists like the Glasgow School, who were also unfairly defined as inferior artists in their time. Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ... René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 - August 15, 1967) was a Surrealist artist, born in Lessines, Belgium. ... John William Waterhouse. ... The Glasgow School was a circle of influential modern artists and designers who began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to sometime around 1910. ...

Nonetheless these works are accorded the status of fine art, and not considered to be connected to fantasy art. The situation could arguably be compared to the way in which certain critically-esteemed works may be treated as if they had no connection to non-'literary' genres, for example Nineteen Eighty-Four and science fiction. Nineteen Eighty-Four (commonly abbreviated to 1984) is a dystopian novel by the English writer George Orwell, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1949. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Fantasy Artists

This list is not comprehensive, but gives a good idea of the kinds of fantasy art out there.

Alan Lee 2003 in (New Zealand) Alan Lee (born August 20, 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer. ... Chris Achilleos (born 1947) is a painter and illustrator . ... Yoshitaka Amano (February 24, 2006) Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝 Amano Yoshitaka, born July 28, 1952) is a Japanese artist, best known for his illustrations for Vampire Hunter D and for his character designs for the video game series Final Fantasy. ... Lindsay Archer is a fantasy artist; She was the primary illustrator for Legendmaker, and is currently working with Sovereign Press on upcoming releases. ... Tyr and Fenrir, by John Bauer (1911) The Changeling, by John Bauer (1913) Trolls with an abducted princess, by John Bauer (1915) John Bauer (1882–1918) was a Swedish illustrator best known for Bland Tomtar och Troll (Among Elves and Trolls), an annual Christmas book for children published in Sweden. ... Jasmine Becket-Griffith is a freelance fantasy artist who specializes in painting faeries. ... Julie Bell (born 1958) is a painter. ... Brom seen here amongst several of his works at San Diego Comic Con 2004. ... Amy Brown (1972, Bellingham, Washington, United States) is a popular fantasy and fairy artist. ... Cover to Strands of Starlight by Gael Baudino Thomas Canty is an award-winning illustrator and book designer in the field of fantasy literature, credited with pioneering a New Romantic style of painting, influenced by such 19th century artists as Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, and the Pre-Raphaelites. ... This article is an autobiography, and may not conform to Wikipedias NPOV policy. ... Oscar Chichoni with one of his works Óscar Chichoni (1957, Corral de Bustos, province of Córdoba, Argentina) is a renowned illustrator of comic books and science fiction magazines and books. ... James C. Christensen (born 1942) is an American artist. ... Kinuko Y. Craft is a Japanese-born illustrator who has created art for many products and book covers, childrens books and opera posters. ... The Double Shadow (2003) by Rich DiSilvio Rich DiSilvio (born 1957 in New York, USA) is an illustrator, photographer, fine artist, digital artist, web designer, new media developer, architectural designer and writer. ... Bob Eggleton (born September 13, 1960) is a science fiction and fantasy artist. ... Larry Elmore is a fantasy artist; he was hired by TSR to do much of its artwork during the 1980s. ... Frank Frazetta (born February 9, 1928) is one of the worlds most influential fantasy and science fiction artists. ... Brian Froud (born 1947) is an illustrator of faeries and goblins. ... Stephen Hickman (born April 9, 1949) is an award-winning American artist, illustrator, sculptor and author. ... John Howe 2003 John Howe (born August 21, 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a book illustrator, living in Neuchatel, Switzerland. ... Upward Draft, one of Inoues paintings which inspired scenes in the movie Whisper of the Heart. ... Jody A. Lee is a professional fantasy artist from San Francisco known best for her book cover illustrations. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Keith Parkinson, Fantasy Artist Keith Parkinson (22 October 1958 - 26 October 2005) was a fantasy artist and illustrator. ... Myrea Pettit Born 10 February 1970, Northampton United Kingdom, British contemporary Fairy and Fantasy Artist and Illustrator, Works published in following books, Der Elfen und der Feen 2003, Fantasy Figures 2003, The Art of Faery 2003 written by David Riché, Watercolor Fairies 2004 written by David Riché, The World of... Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist, known for his darkly sensual paintings of women and mechanical life forms. ... Bill Toma is a fantasy sculpter specialized in bronze sculptures. ... Charles Vess (born 1951) is an American illustrator. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is a multiple award winning American artist specializing in science fiction and fantasy illustration. ...

See also

• Fantastic art
• Fantastic realism
• Surrealism
• Neosurrealism
• Hysterical realism
• Magic realism

Fantastic art is a loosely defined art genre. ... The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism was a group of artists formed in Austria in 1946. ... Psalm 69, egg tempera and oil on wood by Ernst Fuchs Surrealism[1] is a movement stating that the liberation of our mind, and subsequently the liberation of the individual self and society, can be achieved by exercising the imaginative faculties of the unconscious mind to the attainment of a... Photography, Jerry Uelsmann Digital Art, George Grie Fine Art, HR Giger Neosurrealism in architecture Neosurrealism in pop-art Neosurrealism or Neo-Surrealism is a term that has been given to the reappearance of well-known surrealism movement in the late 1970s. ... Hysterical Realism, also called recherché postmodernism or maximalism, is a literary genre typified by a strong contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization and careful detailed investigations of real specific social phenomena. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

External Links

• Fantasy Art
• Drakonis Fantasy Gallery
• Fantasy Art (directory)
• New Masters of Fantasy Art (collection)