Schoolgirls Picture Library #172 cover art (Original)
Schoolgirls Picture Library #172 cover art (Original)
Schoolgirls Picture Library #172 cover art (Original)
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Artist: Jon Davis Medium: Gouache on Board Size: 10" x 12" (250mm x 300mm) Date: 1962 Code: Davis172
This is the unique original Gouache painting by Jon Davis.
This is the original art for the cover of Schoolgirls Picture Library #172. Very few of these original paintings have survived from the 1960s. This is a very fine example.
John Fredrick Charles Davis MBE (Fl. 1960s - 1980s) Science fiction illustrator Jon Davis – best known to British comics fans for his work on TV Century 21, Lady Penelope, Countdown and Princess Picture Library comics in the 1960s and 70s – has been awarded an MBE for services to Children's Literature.
Jon has been an Illustrator since 1960, working on book jackets, magazine illustration, drawing strips such as Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, The Secret Service and UFO. An integral part of the establishment of Linden Artists in the 1960s, his book art includes work for Ladybird (such as an edition of Frankenstein in 1984) and Rupert the Bear.
Jon was one of the main artists who drew for the comic TV21 in the 1960s and early 1970s and also drew for D .C Thompson in The Sparky Comic which included Mr Bubbles & Klanky The Robot.
He began drawing science fiction art in 1973, after reading The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. “I enjoy the work I do now,” he says, “which is mainly history books for children – all Cartoons, Great fun!”
He has published his own book, the Fantastic Adventures of Trevor & Eric, available for purchase in print from Authorhouse or as an eBook download from Kobo.
“I enjoy the work I do now,” he says, “which is mainly history books for children – all Cartoons, Great fun!”
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