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Hannes Vajn ('Hans") Bok

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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