Robert McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
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Robert Edward McGinnis (born February 3, 1926) is an American artist and illustrator. McGinnis is known for his illustrations of more than 1,200 paperback book covers, and over 40 movie posters, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (his first film poster assignment) (See below), Barbarella (See below), and several James Bond (See below) and Matt Helm films.
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Paramount, 1961)
Poster
27" X 41"
Private collectionDirected by Blake Edwards and set against the backdrop of 1960s New York.
Hepburn is nothing shy of perfect as free spirited Holly Golightly who often partakes in high society parties and expensive dates. More on this work
Robert Edward McGinnis
Barbarella (Paramount, 1968)
27" X 41"
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Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
Starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings, Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin, and Veronique Vendell. Directed by Roger Vadim. More on this work
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Diamonds are Forever, United Artists, 1971
Poster
41" X 77"
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A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.
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Live and Let Die, United Artists, 1973
27" X 41"
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James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.
Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Julius W. Harris, Geoffrey Holder, David Hedison, Gloria Hendry, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, and Madeline Smith. Directed by Guy Hamilton. More on this work
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The Ambushers, Columbia, 1967
27" X 41"Private collection
Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.
Dean Martin as Matt Helm, Senta Berger, Janice Rule, James Gregory, Beverly Adams, Albert Salmi, Kurt Kasznar, and David Mauro. Directed by Henry Levin. More on this work
McGinnis became an apprentice at Walt Disney Studios, then studied fine art at Ohio State University. After wartime service in the Merchant Marine he entered advertising and a chance meeting with Mitchell Hooks in 1958 led him to be introduced to Dell Publishing began a career drawing a variety of paperback covers for books written by such authors as Donald Westlake (writing as Richard Stark) (See below), Edward S. Aarons (See below), Erle Stanley Gardner, Richard S. Prather, and the Michael Shayne (See below) and Carter Brown series (See below).
Robert Edward McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
THE SOUR LEMON SCORE (1969) Richard Stark (pseudonym of Donald E. Westlake). Fawcett Gold Metal Pub.
Robert Edward McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
Edward S. Aarons: Assignment Nuclear Nude
Robert Edward McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
Mike Shayne, Never Kill a Client paperback cover, 1963
Gouache on board
19.5 x 15 in.
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Robert Edward McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
Mike Shayne, Framed in Blood paperback cover, 1967
Gouache on board
11.5 x 15.5 in.
Some warm women and hot items began to add up, and Shayne finally got the picture on the wrong end of a blackjack
Robert McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
Carter Brown: The Silken Nightmare, paperback cover, 1963
Gouache on board
19.5 x 15 in.
McGinnis later did artwork for Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, TIME, Argosy, Guideposts, and The Saturday Evening Post.
He was main title designer for The Hallelujah Trail (1965).
Robert McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
On its way to Denver, a cargo of whiskey destined for the miners, is sought after by the Temperance League, the U.S. Cavalry, the local Indians and the miners themselves.
Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Robert Wilke, Dub Taylor, and Whit Bissell. Directed by John Sturges. More on this work
McGinnis's attention to detail was such that when he was assigned to do the artwork for Arabesque he requested Sophia Loren's tiger stripe dress be sent for him for a model to wear so he could get the right appearance.
Robert McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
Arabesque (Universal International, 1966)
45.25" X 62"
Private collectionStory of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.
Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Duncan Lamont, George Coulouris, Ernest Clark, and Harold Kasket. Directed by Stanley Donen. More on this work
In 1985 McGinnis was awarded the title of "Romantic Artist of the Year" by Romantic Times magazine for his many romance novel paperback covers.
Since 2004, McGinnis has created cover illustrations for the Hard Case Crime paperback series.
He is a member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. McGinnis is the subject of a documentary film, Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer, by Paul Jilbert. More on Robert Edward McGinnis
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