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Gervasio Gallardo (born 5 June ) is a prolific Spanish artist working in the science fiction and fantasy genres..
Gervasio Gallardo (born June 5, ) is a Spanish artist and illustrator.
Gervasio Gallardo
Spanish artist and illustrator (born 1934)
Gervasio Gallardo | |
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| Born | Gervasio Gallardo Villasenor (1934-06-05)5 June 1934 Barcelona, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Known for | painting |
Gervasio Gallardo (born 5 June 1934) is a Spanish artist and illustrator.
He has produced numerous of surreal paintings and book covers, for many science-fiction and fantasy authors.
Biography
Born at Barcelona, Gallardo studied in Spain, working for several Spanish advertising agencies, before moving to Munich, Germany in 1959.
The next four years he spent working for the Delpire Agency in Paris, before travelling to the United States in 1963.
Spanish-born illustrator Gervasio Gallardo did a number of striking covers for the highly influential Ballantine Adult Fantasy series ( – ).Here he met Frank and Jeff Lavaty, who represent his work to this day.
In 1969, he was commissioned by Ballantine Books to create cover art for their Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. He went on to be the most prolific of their cover artists, creating a total of twenty-nine.
Since then, he has created at least e