Gogos, Basil
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Birth Date
- 1929-03-12
Death Date
- 2017-09-13
Has Affiliation
- Organization: School of Visual Arts (New York, N.Y.)
Birth Place
- Alexandria (Egypt)
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Horror comic books, strips, etc.
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 2011:Colophon (Back cover artwork copyright 2011 by Basil Gogos. Used by permission of Basil Gogos)
- found: Wikipedia website, viewed May 28, 2014:Basil Gogos Profile Page (Basil Gogos is an American illustrator best known for his striking portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 1960s and 70s. Born to a Greek family living in Egypt, Basil was 16 years old when he and his family immigrated to the U.S. ... Gogos attended ... The National School of Design, The Phoenix School of Design and The School of Visual Arts ... Gogos' first work for Warren was the cover of Famous Monsters of Filmland #9 in 1960 ... Over the next two decades, he created almost 50 covers for Famous Monsters, many of which have become iconic images of that period).
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 27, 2017(in obituary published Sept. 26: Basil Gogos; b. Mar. 12, 1929, Alexandria, Egypt; d. Sept. 13, Manhattan, aged 88; painted penetrating and chilling color portraits of movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolf Man, and the Phantom of the Opera, and imbued Frankenstein's monster with notable compassion)
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Change Notes
- 2014-05-28: new
- 2017-09-27: revised
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