Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1941
- Nationality
- US, PE
- Role / Field
- Painters, Illustrators, Maler, Kunstnik, Illustrator, Fantasy fiction
- Language
- eng., eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 15 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1941-01-08 ) January 8, 1941 (age 85) , Lima , Peru
- Education
- Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes
- Known for
- Illustration, painting
- Notable work
- The Amazon Princess and her Pet , National Lampoon's Vacation (poster), Tarzan calendar (1978)
- Style
- Fantasy art, science fiction art, erotica
- Spouse
- Julie Bell
- Awards
- Inkpot Award (1978), British Fantasy Award (1979), Locus Award (1979), Chesley Awards (2011, 2014)
- Website
- borisjulie .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Boris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Peru
- Place of birth
- Lima
- Spouse
- Julie Bell
- Occupation
- poster artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Swords and Serpents
- Genre
- erotic art
- Instrument
- violin
- Official website
- www.borisjulie.com
- Image
- BorisVallejo.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Allentown
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- date of birth
- 1941-01-08
- Commons gallery
- Boris Vallejo
- Commons category
- Boris Vallejo
- Commons Creator page
- Boris Vallejo
- name in native language
- Boris Vallejo
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941) is a Peruvian-American painter who works in the science fiction, fantasy, and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have appeared on the covers of numerous novels in the science fiction, sword and sorcery, and fantasy fiction genres, along with album covers for musical groups in addition to movie posters and other media. His art is also sold through a series of annual calendars.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q377997” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.