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Robert Maguire was featured in Illustration Magazine #3.
ROBERT MAGUIRE (1921 - 2005)
Robert Maguire began his education at Duke University, but his time there was cut short when he left school to serve in World War II. Upon his return, his interest in art led him to the Art Students League, where he studied under the famed instructor Frank Reilly. Amongst his classmates were noteworthy fellows Clark Hulings and James Bama, all graduates of the class of 1949.
Following graduation, Maguire's career took off immediately with his first work for Trojan Publications: cover art for their line of small pocket pulps, with titles like Hollywood Detective Magazine (Oct. 1950). Maguire did three of the eight covers for this pocket pulp series. From then on, his career blossomed.
His work during most of the 50s and 60s showcased his love of the female form, and his mastery of the "femme fatale" secured his position in the paperback field as a master of the genre. During his career, Maguire produced over 600 covers for such publishers as Pocket, Dell, Ace, Harper, Avon, Silhouette, Ballantine, Pyramid, Bantam, Lion, Berkeley, Beacon and Monarch—virtually every mainstream publishing house in the industry.
Through the 1970s on up into the ’90s, Robert Maguire continued evolving and he produced fine art as well as many memorable illustrations for a variety of genres, from gothic mystery to romance to detective fiction.
For more information about Robert Maguire, please see his website at http://www.ramaguirecoverart.com
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Currently available works by ROBERT MAGUIRE:
ROBERT MAGUIRE 1
Pyramid R472 The Golden Rooms, by Vardis Fisher, paperback cover 1960, pictured on page 71 of Jim Silke’s book Dames, Dolls, and Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire. Framed and matted. Image size 20.5 x 15, oil on board, not signed, but credited to Maguire on back cover of book and also on page 71 of Jim Silke’s book. A copy of the book comes with the painting.
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ROBERT MAGUIRE 2
Pyramid G588 How Like a God by Rex Stout, paperback cover 1961, pictured on page 40 of Jim Silke’s book Dames, Dolls, and Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire, signed bottom right-center, framed and matted, image size 10.5 x 9.5, watercolor. A copy of the book comes with the painting.
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ROBERT MAGUIRE 3
All Star AS85 The Joy Zone by Anthony Dare, unused paperback “outtake,” 1966 (much better painting than the version used on the actual cover). Framed and matted image size 9.5 x 12.5 Oil on board. Not signed, but the artist confirmed this as his work shortly before he died. A copy of the book and a contact sheet of the model who posed for the painting containing twelve different poses are included with the purchase.
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