Weeks was a chicago publisher between 1893 and 1899. Professional book cover design service ebook launch. Romance books, vintage book covers, vintage books, book cover art, cover pages, literary genre. The term big book look is occasionally used by professionals in the romance novel cover industry, 4. See more ideas about cover art, romance and romance novel covers. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. And in the world of romance novels, where you can judge a book by its cover, one good studandmaiden. Romantic gif romantic pictures book cover art book art book covers vision of love historical romance books romance novel covers magical images. As a teenager at the high school of music and art in manhattan, she met her future husband john duillo. Elaine duillo cover for the love slave by bertrice. James avati, james bama, pino daeni, and bob mcginnis, she was adept at crystallizing a book s appeal into an arresting image that made you. When elaine duillo paints it, a romance novels cover is worth a.
Conan of the isles 1968 with cover art by elmo john duillo. Frequently subtler and perhaps even more iconic, though, was the work of artist elaine duillo. Apr 30, 2011 johns wife elaine duillo is also a talented and prolific artist whose paintings appear on hundreds of book covers. Their price was about half what was quoted by format and book cover freelancers, so i was pleased that i got my moneys worth. Jul 28, 2019 over the years, ive amassed quite a cache of covers, calendars, articles, advertisements, and more relating to elaine duillo and her art, including the premier issue of imaginings, a shortlived newsletter celebrating the art of romance, and book 1 of proillustration. Christina skye shelved 1 time as cover artist elaine duillo avg rating 3. Elaine duillo is an illustrators hall of fame inductee. Duillo painted from photographsshe worked through robert osonitsch studios, a sort of onestop shop popular with cover artists. The elaine duillo illustrated cover for hearts aflame by johanna lindsey became a huge hit thanks to the inclusion of fabio. Jul 15, 2019 he had already been modeling in the united states for a decade before he landed his first cover. She wasnt quite so outandout, as people magazine reported in a brief visit to her long island studio in 1989.
The article also featured a sketch and two book covers he had illustrated. She was even inducted into the illustrators hall of fame in 2003. Bodice ripper readers anonymous meet your next favorite book. Elaine certainly had a hand in changing that outlook, with over one thousand covers between the start of her career and her retirement in the 1990s. Around 1960, she began doing magazine and book cover work. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Over the years, ive amassed quite a cache of covers, calendars, articles, advertisements, and more relating to elaine duillo and her art, including the premier issue of imaginings, a shortlived newsletter celebrating the art of romance, and book 1 of proillustration. His first appearance on a historical cover was the spine of bertrice smalls 1987 novel enchantress mine. Duillo may be most familiar for the realistic and luminescent. In this thesis, the name used for the visual genre of covers will be the big book look, clinch cover, or big book historical romance cover. There are men inside the books, but never a man on the cover. Elaine duillo was born in brooklyn, new york in 1928.
Duillos style was so popular it became known in the industry simply as elaines. See more ideas about cover, romance novel covers and romance. The book rose to number three on the new york times best sellers list. Leo dillon march 2, 1933 may 26, 2012 and diane dillon nee sorber. A lot of these covers were painted by elaine duillo.
When illustrator elaine duillo first began her career in the 1950s, she often signed her work with male pseudonyms, as paperback illustration was, at the time, not a venue for women. It was published as a paperback original in 1971 by ace books, and the cover art is absolutely groovy. Rare enough, in fact, that she felt compelled to sign her early submissions with male monikers. His wife, elaine duillo was also an artist and has some notoriety for being the first to use the model fabio for romance paperbacks. Captains bride by kat martin other for sale online artist. The art of elaine duillo, the modern master of the romance book cover genre and the woman who made fabio famous. The 1990 cover for johanna lindseys gentle rogue, painted by elaine duillo and featuring fabio it was artist elaine duillo who first discovered fabio. When elaine duillo paints it, a romance novels cover is.
Elaine duillo art stepback for all i need is you straton. I got a bunch of donna comeaux zide novels on ebay and she had done the artwork for most of them. Elaine duillo checklist elaine covers confirmed by elaine duillo. She had trained at pratt in commercial art, and when she got into the cover business, paperback books were thirty five cents. Shes best known for her gothic and romance paperback covers and for being the first artist to feature the male model fabio in her cover paintings. Cover art, book art, romance, author, wonder woman, superhero, gallery, fictional characters, vintage. May 09, 2012 the cover is the work of elaine duillo b. When elaine duillo paints it, a romance novels cover is worth a thousand steamy words. See more ideas about romance, historical romance books and romance novel covers.
The romance begins elaine duillo was born in brooklyn, new york in 1928. See more ideas about romance books, historical romance and romance novels. See more ideas about romance novel covers, romance and romance novels. The steamy, throbbing history of romance novel covers the attic. See more ideas about cover, romance novel covers and romance novels. Elaine duillo 1928 duillo was a rare woman infiltrating the boys club of mid20th century paperback illustrators.
The cover feature looks at elaine duillo, known to her fans simply as elaine the queen of romance covers. They responded promptly when i had questions prior to hiring them for a custom ebook cover and. Ebook launch helped make my first selfpublishing project a success. Supposedly, he painted over 500 paperback book covers.
May 15, 1989 when elaine duillo paints it, a romance novels cover is worth a thousand steamy words this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. A comprehensive database of john d macdonald book covers. May 21, 2018 elaine duillo 1928 duillo was a rare woman infiltrating the boys club of mid20th century paperback illustrators. Judging from the number 73800, this was the seventh book in the lancer series.
Sep 24, 2017 duillo later moved into painting civil war scenes. When elaine duillo paints it, a romance novels cover is worth a thousand steamy words this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The book was so popular that fawcett redesigned every other jdm book in print to promote lemon, each with the same seventieslooking font for his name. And to robert mcginnis who painted the original cover for johanna lindseys fires of winter, which i love with all my blackened little heart. The sword on the ground is a symbol for his manhood, she said, indicating a recently finished work. Aug 10, 2008 it was wonderful cover artist elaine duillo who discovered his photo in a group of head shots at the studio where she shoots. Elaine was not the first female paperback artist, but she was the first that most collectors noticed.
Satans angel by kathryn atwood, a splendid passion by marianne evans, rose of rapture by rebecca brandewyn. I discovered that, for artist elaine duillo, the first major woman cover artist who, when she started her career, had to work behind her agent because publishers wouldnt hire a woman, she has, at least on one occasion, been paid more for her cover than the firsttime author was for the book. If dying was all if dying was all is the first of four novels featuring southern california private eye john easy. I dont know if she did this one, but it has the same lush feel to it. Apr 19, 2020 duillos style was so popular it became known in the industry simply as elaines. Elaine was impressed enough to ask him to pose for the front cover of johanna lindseys hearts aflame. Vintage sweat magazine cover paintings by john duillo, from. He was president of the society of american historical artists at one point. As stunning as her covers appear in reproduction no mean feat these days, given the great volume of books being printed and the speed at which they are. Paperback expert gary lovisi examines her career in a wonderfully illustrated look which begins with very outofcharacter, sexy popculture covers from the 1960s, influenced by james bama and frank mccarthy.
The origin of clinch covers on romance novels book riot. Theyre distinctive enough that when i see them, i know the artist without even looking. The mark she made on the romance genre is unquestioned. I particularly love the covers hes in by elaine duillo. Dec, 2018 i say a novena to the artists who came before, like the epically talented elaine duillo who painted fabio into our hearts and onto our shelves.
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