Charles Ashford Binger ( October 12th, 1907, London -- 1974) was an English American artist and illustrator. During the 1920s and 1930s, he began his career painting film posters for Twentieth Century Fox UK, then served in WW2 as a member of the London Fire Service and Air Sea Rescue. He also supplied art for campaigns such as the wartime English Savings Bond Campaign. After the war, he moved to New York City, and began painting covers for Colliers Magazine, Fawcett Publications, Signet Books, Pyramid Books, Pocket Books, Bantam Books, Avon Books, and many more. [1] His art was on books by Nathaniel West, Aldous Huxley, John Collier, Ray Bradbury, Earl Stanley Gardner, Perry Mason and many more. [2] Binger continued to paint movie posters, for such films as River of No Return, Titanic (1953 film), The Song of Bernadette, Run Silent Run Deep, and The Comancheros. Binger was also a popular pin-up artist. He is perhaps best remembered for his science fiction covers in the 1950s, and for his covers for hard-boiled detective pulps. [3]
Binger continued to work until 1970, and died in 1974. A major retrospective show of his work was held in Los Angeles in 2011. [1]
References
edit- ^ a b Charles Binger – A Pulp Life, 2011
- ^ Charles Binger cover art at ISFDB
- ^ Charles Binger biography
External links
edit- Science Fiction Art of Charles Binger, includes gallery of book covers
- Charles Binger art gallery at Google Images
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