Robert Mcginnis

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Never Kill A Client paperback cover by Robert McGinnis

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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert McGinnis, American illustrator, was raised in Wyoming, Ohio. McGinnis became an apprentice at Walt Disney studios, then studied fine art at Ohio State University.

Edwin GEORGI (1896-1964) was a american illustrator for Magazine Webster Cigars, Woodbury, Ford Mercury, Crane paper, Yardley, The Italian Line. In-demand illustrator for Goldenbook Magazine, Fortune, Redbook, Woman's Home Companion, Cosmo, True, Esquire, Ladies' Home Journal,Saturday Evening Post, American Girl, Liberty. Largely self-taught, learning his way up in ad and art agencies. A pilot in WWI. Style ranged from simple, posteresque lines and colors to his more famous pointillist…

The prolific artist, known for his “McGinnis Woman” femme fatales, has contributed hundreds of book covers and movie posters to pop culture over the course of his decades-long career.

How potboilers and pin-ups showed gay and bisexual women they were not alone.

Robert McGinnis is an American painter and illustrator. The member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame Robert McGinnis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1926. He studied fine art at Ohio State University. McGinnis apprenticed at Walt Disney Studios for some time.

1966; Kalt wie ein Brillant [ The Ice-cold Nude ] by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis