Blas Gallego
Blas Gallego(born 1941 inBarcelona) is a Spanish artist, painter and illustrator with a career spanning six decades. He has created and drawn comic books and strips,book covers,film posters,role-playing gamecards, andportraits,among other formats, for publishers in tens of countries.[1][2]Gallego is internationally known for his specialization inerotic art.[3]
Work history[edit]
Gallego learned artistic drawing while working for the movie advertisement industry in 1955–56, for companies such asParamount Pictures,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,andRKO Pictures,among others. In 1960 he founded a publicity company. From 1962 to 1966 he worked for Creaciones Editoriales, before going in 1966 to work for Selecciones Ilustradas, where he remained until 1968. The next year he moved to England, but came back to Barcelona to get married in 1973. Around that time, he drew the comic ofTwins of Evil(1974), startedoil painting,lived for a few years in London and for a short while in Stockholm, and drew for publications in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Australia, Japan, among other countries.[citation needed]
In 1977 he worked for the British magazineWoman's Realm[4]and for the German magazineRoman Woche.[5]In 1978 he drew forWoman's Weekly.[6]He also did the illustrations for the seriesGrandes Amantes( "Great Lovers" ), commissioned for Neue Revue (Germany)[7]and published in Norway, Sweden and in the Spanish weekly news magazineInterviú,[8][9]images for the British magazineMen Only[10]and calendars.
In 1983, he published erotic paintings in Japan via Tank Incorporated. After that, he worked for more than 20 years for the United States market, making illustrations forbook covers,film postersand for theTyndale HouseHoly Bible in 1990. He drew forZona 84as well.[11]During this time, SQP Productions published a collection of hiscover artsketches.He drew dozens of covers forMarvel Comics'The Savage Sword of Conan(also published in Scandinavia) and covers as well as regular pages forTom and Jerrycomics (1988–96). Later, he published role-playing game cards (1996) and a daily strip,Ben & Katiein the BritishDaily Starnewspaper in 1998–99.[12]
Bibliography[edit]
- Flesh and Fire(1999)
- John Sinclair "Doctor Tod"(2004)
- John Sinclair "Sakuro"(2004)
- John Sinclair "Jason Dark"(2004)
- Gespenster(2004)
- Dolly(2005)
- Animal Rescue Unit(2007 – 4 books)
- Horse Angel(2007)
References[edit]
- ^"Diario de Andorraarticle: "És molt bonic dibuixar una dona ben maca, l'home és més brut" (in Catalan) ".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved20 March2016.
- ^"El Periòdic d'Andorraarticle: "Corto Maltés ressuscitarà" ben aviat ", augura l'ARCA" (in Catalan) ".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
- ^""Seine Mädchen sind die schärfsten" (in German) ".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
- ^""The way of an Eagle", by Ethel Dell ".Archived fromthe originalon 5 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
- ^""Den stora kärleken" (in German) ".Archived fromthe originalon 5 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
- ^""Enjoyment", by Barbara Cartland ".Archived fromthe originalon 5 April 2016.Retrieved20 March2016.
- ^""So liebten die großen Mätressen: Lady Hamilton-Lord Nelsons ganzes Glück" (in German) ".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
- ^"Grandes Amantes: ¡Qué mal lo hacía Napoleón! (in Spanish)".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved20 March2016.
- ^"Grandes Amantes: A Enrique VIII le gustaban todas (in Spanish)".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved20 March2016.
- ^""Sex Cymbal", by Ed Lancaster ".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
- ^"Cover ofZona 84#49 (in Spanish) ".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
- ^"Ben and Katie,Daily Starcomic strips ".Archived fromthe originalon 6 April 2016.Retrieved21 March2016.
External links[edit]
- 1941 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Spanish painters
- 20th-century Spanish male artists
- Spanish male painters
- 21st-century Spanish painters
- Painters from Catalonia
- Spanish illustrators
- Spanish modern painters
- Spanish comics artists
- Spanish comic strip cartoonists
- Spanish poster artists
- Spanish erotic artists
- Film poster artists
- Artists from Barcelona
- 21st-century Spanish male artists