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Hannes Vajn ('Hans") Bok

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Hannes Vajn ('Hans") Bok (1914 - 1964) was active/lived in Washington, New York, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri.  Hannes Bok is known for Pulp illustrator, fantasy imagery.

Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Woodard (July 2, 1914-April 11, 1964), was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry.  He painted nearly 150 covers for various science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributed hundreds of black and white interior illustrations.  Bok's work graced the pages of calendars and early fanzines, as well as dust jackets from specialty book publishers like Arkham House, Llewellyn, Shasta, and Fantasy Press.  His paintings achieved a luminous quality through the use of an arduous glazing process, which was learned from his mentor, Maxfield Parrish.  Bok was the first artist to win a Hugo Award.

Today, Bok is best known for his cover art which appeared on various pulp and science fiction magazines, such as Weird Tales, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Other Worlds, Super Science Stories, Imagination, Fantasy Fiction, Planet Stories, If, Cas   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6108 characters.]  Artist bio

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Hannes Vajn ('Hans") Bok
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Smithsonian Guys and Molls August 2003 Stewart, Doug Yes
11 Book References for Hannes Vajn ('Hans") Bok
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
2000 Haining, Peter The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines 224 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Robinson, Frank/L Davidson Pulp Culture The Art of Fiction Magazines 204 Yes
1997 Lesser, Robert Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great Pulp Magazines 183 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1970 Goodstone, Tony (editor) The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture 239 Yes
1959 Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies 718 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
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