Virgil Finlay

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Virgil Finlay


Born
in Rochester, New York, The United States
July 23, 1914

Died
January 18, 1971

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An American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in, and became famous for, detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling, cross-hatching, and scratchboard techniques. Despite the very labor-intensive and time-consuming nature of his specialty, Finlay created more than 2600 works of graphic art in his 35-year career. His father, woodworker Warden Hugh Finlay, died at age 40 in the midst of the Great Depression, leaving his family (widow Ruth and two children, Jean and Virgil) in straitened circumstances. By his high school years, Virgil Finlay exercised his passions for art and poetry, and discovered his lifelong subject matte ...more

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Virgil Finlay's Women of th...

4.52 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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Virgil Finlay's Strange Sci...

4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions
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Virgil Finlay's Phantasms

4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings4 editions
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Virgil Finlay: An Astrology...

4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions
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Virgil Finlay's Far Beyond

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Weird Tales August 1939

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Weird Tales, June-July 1939

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Virgil Finlay: Bellezza, te...

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1981
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Weird Tales March 1939

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Weird Tales April 1939

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