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  Boris Vallejo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941) is a painter.
Boris emigrated to the United States in 1964, where he currently resides.
Vallejo works almost exclusively in the fantasy and erotica genres.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boris_Vallejo   (246 words)

  
 Boris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tsar Boris III was ruler of Bulgaria during the first half of the 20th century.
Boris Christoff, a famous Bulgarian opera singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.
Boris Pasternak was a Russian author and a Nobel Prize for Literature laureate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boris   (291 words)

  
 SFAE Fine Art : Boris Vallejo : Collector's Notes & FAQ
Boris Vallejo Collector's Notes — In this section, we provide information that may be of value or interest to collectors, investors, and other buyers or owners of Boris Vallejo's artwork.
Boris Vallejo FAQ — In this section, we answer your frequently asked questions about Boris Vallejo and his art.
Boris has worked in the field of illustration for over 30 years, but until recently, he did not publicly sell his original works.
www.sfae.com /artists/vallejo/collectors.html   (853 words)

  
 PR: World Renowned Fantasy Artists Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell Showcase Video Game Key Art for MMORPG RYL: Path of the ...
Both Vallejo and Bell are known for the quality of their work in the fantasy art world and have created various pieces of art work for motion pictures, album covers, video game box art, calendars, and posters (http://www.Imaginistix.com/paintings.cfm).
Boris Vallejo attended the National School of Fine Arts in his native country of Peru and was recognized for his artwork while working at the Peruvian branch of McCann Erickson, a large advertising agency, before immigrating to the United States in 1964.
Fantasy painting for Boris came to pass when he painted a warrior fighting a creature from Greek mythology and sold the painting to Warren Publications where it was later published on the cover of an issue of Eerie Comics, a magazine often graced by Frank Frazetta paintings.
www.prwebdirect.com /releases/2005/7/prweb262164.htm   (695 words)

  
 Boris Vallejo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Boris Vallejo started off as the son of a distinguished solicitor in Lima, Peru.
Vallejo quickly gained in confidence as an artist, and in 1964 he put together a portfolio with some of his works and emigrated to the States.
Boris is as familiar with the heroic postures of barbarian warriors as with the poetic ambience of a mysteriously
www.suicide.couk.com /gallery/boris/borisbio.htm   (712 words)

  
 Centaursite.com - Centaurs by Boris Vallejo
Boris Vallejo, and his wife, Julie Barr have been well know by fans of the centaur form for many years.
Each year the publication of the Vallejo fantasy calendar is looked forward to in hopes that another depiction of the centaur form will be included.
Vallejo's style of anatomical accuracy, energetic poses, and striking lighting have been the standard many fantasy artists have worked to meet.
www.centaursite.com /vallejo   (256 words)

  
 Science Fiction Weekly Interview
Vallejo was born in Lima, Peru, where he attended the National School of Fine Arts before immigrating to the United States in 1964.
Vallejo: Most creatures that you can think of are going to have arms, legs, some kind of a spine, a rib cage, some kind of basic structure.
Vallejo: This is a model I have been working with for many years.
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue301/interview.html   (1767 words)

  
 SFAE Fine Art : Boris Vallejo
Boris applies his medium, whether oil or pencil, with great care, and his compositions are noted for their tightly controlled draftsmanship and very fine strokes.
Boris has refined his skill for over thirty years and is purely instinctive about color, line, and composition.
Boris Vallejo has selected the San Francisco Art Exchange as the sole gallery to display and distribute his collection of original art and newly-released limited edition prints.
www.sfae.com /artists/vallejo   (411 words)

  
 Boris Vallejo and His Great Fantasy Art
Boris' mastery of oil painting is immediately and abundantly clear to anyone who looks at his work, and his classic sense is as much an homage to the old masters as it is to anyone contemporaneously working in the Fantasy genre.
Boris has gained worldwide attention for his stunning illustrations of science fiction and fantasy; his works appear on the covers of books by such writers as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alice Chetwynd Ley, Frederik Pohl, Larry Niven, and Lin Carter, as well as in such well-known series as Doc Savage, Tarzan, and Conan.
Some of the content within these pages of Boris Vallejo's art and illustrations may be deemed by some as being of questionable content.
galileo.spaceports.com /~jakrinda   (445 words)

  
 MobyGames - Boris Vallejo
Boris Vallejo Gallery -- This site contains a collection of Boris Vallejo's paintings, organized by year, including older work that is not found on Vallejo's official site.
Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell -- This is Boris Vallejo's and Julie Bell's official site.
Boris Vallejo was credited on a game as early as 1989 and as recently as 2000.
www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,4056   (219 words)

  
 About Boris Vallejo & Some Of His Great Fantasy Art
Boris Vallejo was born in Lima Peru,, the son of a solicitor, where he started his artistic odyssey at the age of 14 he studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, an art college, where he received a five year scholarship.
Boris has also illustrated for album covers, video box art and motion picture advertising.
His mastery of oil painting is immediately and abundantly clear to anyone who looks at his work, and his classic sense is as much an homage to the old masters as it is to anyone contemporaneously working in the Fantasy genre.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Cavern/2659/Boris.html   (383 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dreams: The Art of Boris Vallejo: Books: Boris Vallejo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This lavish portfolio by best-selling fantasy artist Boris Vallejo, published for the first time in book form in the Fall of 1999, now comes to us in trade paper.
Vallejo's style is infinitely flexible and his choice of subjects encompasses scenes from Greek mythology, prehistoric creatures and serene ocean life.
The amazing world of Boris Vallejo is condensed down into this picture book of god like bodies and fairytail fantasy scenes.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1560252804?v=glance   (1058 words)

  
 Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell: Two of a kind   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell are fantasy art rivals.
Now that Julie (who, like Boris, signs her work with a first name only) has found a niche for her own distinctive painting style, they serve one another as both cheerleader and critic.
Boris' work in the '70s, largely for comics and paperbacks, redefined the fantasy art genre.
www.rambles.net /boris_and_julie.html   (492 words)

  
 Darek C. - Boris Vallejo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Vallejo is painting fantasy pictures because of two reasons.
Boris made the projects of the covers to coartoons and magazines.
Boris Vallejo said that it was worth to do it.
volt.pol.lublin.pl /~darekc/boris-e.html   (226 words)

  
 Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: The Ultimate Collection by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell from HarperCollins Publishers
The art of Boris Vallejo is characterized by beautiful maidens, heroic men and fearsome monsters while the work of his wife Julie Bell is famous for a sense of color and dramatic composition which puts her paintings in a class by themselves.
Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: The Ultimate Collection brings together all their greatest pieces throughout their careers, while also including some unseen new work.
The pages are also punctuated by quotes from Boris and Julie's peers in the fantasy art field and fans of their work, who pay homage to their art and comment on how their work has inspired them to become better artists.
www.harpercollins.com /global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=006088102X   (305 words)

  
 Crescent Blues | Artist Interview: "Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell: On Their Mettle"
Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (photos and images courtesy Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.
Boris Vallejo: Her natural talent, her determination, her fearlessness...everything.
Boris Vallejo: The first time I was paid to do art.
www.crescentblues.com /4_4issue/int_boris_julie.shtml   (1543 words)

  
 Re: Boris Vallejo or Luis Royo, ans markus
Re: Boris Vallejo or Luis Royo, ans markus
In Reply to: Re: Boris Vallejo or Luis Royo, ans markus posted by Jeff on April 11, 19100 at 14:56:55:
Re: Boris Vallejo or Luis Royo, ans markus stamatis 08:52:38 5/10/101 (0)
www.1art.com /wwwboard/messages/1293.html   (328 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Titans: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Titans mainly covers the art Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell produced for the Marvel Masterworks trasing card series in the mid-80's, with a few covers and misc.
Titans is a nice book for fans of Boris and Julie; I would have liked more information on their techniques, and their opinions of the pieces, though.
Boris and Julie have sucessfully give the superheros a different touch, unlike what we see in the Mavel style.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1560252731   (700 words)

  
 Boing Boing: Erotokitsch master: Boris Vallejo
Reflecting on the intergalactic love-art of Boris Vallejo, BoingBoing pal Siege opines:
My dream (not yet dead) was to have a jacked-up molester van, regally decorated with massive Boris paintings airbrushed on the sides, accenting the tinted portholes and the silver tail-fin.
And link to one of Siege's all-time fave Boris creations, which depicts a man-goat-loverdude ascending with his betrothed on an invisible hairway to Steven.
www.boingboing.net /2004/11/30/erotokitsch_master_b.html   (286 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Superheroes: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Superheroes (Titled "Titans" in it's hardcover printing) mainly covers the art Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell produced for the Marvel Masterworks trasing card series in the mid-80's, with a few covers and misc.
Boris and Julie use each other as models, so most of the faces look alike; The ones that don't look like them are based on bodybuilders, so the female characters have a very hard look to them, facially speaking.
The text describes Boris and Julie's relationship and their approach to their art, no doubt of interest to the budding artist but a bit dull for the average reader.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1560253398   (796 words)

  
 Fantasy on Canvas: the Boris Vallejo fanlisting ... a production of ... Zengrrl.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This particular fanlisting is for those who are fans of fantasy artist Boris Vallejo, whose work has graced many a book, magazine and calendar over the last 30+ years.
Vallejo's women have curves, but they're more in proportion to the overall body.
This site is not endorsed by Boris Vallejo nor do I know him personally.
misc.bodaciousgoddess.com /vallejo   (474 words)

  
 Boris Vallejo Online
Original works by Boris Vallejo available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Titans: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell
All images and text on this Boris Vallejo page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/vallejo_boris.html   (286 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Dreams: The Art of Boris Vallejo: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A portfolio of Boris's jacket artwork and paintings commissioned over the past ten years; A welcome new collection from the best-selling fantasy artist Boris Vallejo, Dreams presents over 120 full-colour paintings, never before presented together, including a rare selection of Boris's private work not yet published in any format.
Boris excels in his portrayal of fantasy worlds and exotic women and Dreams is no exception.
Boris Vallejo is one of the world's top fantasy artists, best known as the visual creator of Conan the Barbarian.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1855859645   (613 words)

  
 The Boris Vallejo Portfolio
This is a selection of Boris' paintings from the pre-90s.
The format is a little confusing in that on the reverse side of each painting, there is a small fl and white version and the title.
Whether this earlier commercial work was made under stricter editorial control, time constraint or what, many of them are more illustrative than the current photo-realistic that Vallejo currently strives for.
www.computercrowsnest.com /sfnews2/02_dec/review1202_8.shtml   (412 words)

  
 Re: Boris Vallejo or Luis Royo, ans markus
In Reply to: Re: Boris Vallejo or Luis Royo, ans markus posted by webmaster on December 19, 19100 at 20:42:17:
: : Boris and some of the other fantasy painters might impress the untrained eye, but if you are an experienced painter you probably would not be quite so impressed.
: : : Is there anybody on this forum who paint fine realistic paintings in the style of Vallejo and Royo or maybe the dutch ans markus or other magical realists.
www.1art.com /wwwboard/messages/1445.html   (322 words)

  
 eBay - boris vallejo ..., Trading Cards, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chronicles of Amber Vol.I, ROGER ZELAZNY, BORIS VALLEJO
Three Erotic Eves Boris Vallejo Cigarette Lighter case
Boris Vallejo card lot(225+) series 2 1992 fantasy art
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=boris+vallejo+...&krd=1   (421 words)

  
 Logtar’s Blog » Blog Archive » Boris Vallejo
Now that we got that out of the way I come to Boris Vallejo one of my favorite artists.
Boris Vallejo was born in Peru, he is not Colombian but close enough
I post this because I visited Noelle’s site and she made me think of Vallejo but she did not know who he was.
blog.logtar.com /index.php?p=300   (481 words)

  
 Boris Vallejo from The Book Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Boris Vallejo. Paper Tiger, 1994. Mini art book reproducing the artist's work in full colour. 44 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 3" x 4" (8cm x 10cm)
Boris Vallejo, foreword by Isaac Asimov. Paper Tiger. 90 colour illustrations and 34 b&w illustrations and how the pictures are constructed. 128 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour £12.95 Save £1.00
Boris Vallejo. Paper Tiger, 1999.; A new collection of his colour art Over 100 painting of his most recent work. Sensual women, fiery beasts, and dream worlds are all captured in his unique style. 128 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 11" (23cm x 28cm) £14.99 Save £1.00
www.bookpalace.com /acatalog/Home_Boris_Vallejo_48.html   (359 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Boris Vallejo was born in Lima, Peru, and attended the National School of Fine Arts there before arriving in the US in 1964.
Please visit http://www.borisjulie.com to learn more and see some of the most amazing art out there.
All images copyrighted © Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, and are used with permission.
www.angelfire.com /rant/Tryp/borisjulie.html   (225 words)

  
 Bodies: His Photographic Art by Boris Vallejo
This book is a selection of photographs he takes of various models that he then uses in his fantasy paintings.
I doubt if anyone here is not familiar with Vallejo's work enough to realise these models, mostly female, are mostly in a state of undress.
Looking here, I wish Vallejo had considered showing the paintings he'd used these models in as a comparison.
www.computercrowsnest.com /sfnews2/02_nov/review1102_12.shtml   (394 words)

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