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Basil Gogos Famous Monsters of Filmland #9 Vincent Price Cover Painting Original Art (Warren, 1960)
Auction: 06/20/2024 - 6/23/2024
Lot: 92024
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Basil Gogos AUCTION RECORDS
1929 Alexandria, Egypt - 2017 Manhattan, New York City. Known for: Magazine illustration, movie and stage play monster visages, painting.
"Basil Gogos, Who? Painted Monsters? With Love, Dies at 88," By Richard Sandomir, Sept. 26, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Basil Gogos, who painted penetrating and chilling color portraits of... Read full biography
"Basil Gogos, Who? Painted Monsters? With Love, Dies at 88," By Richard Sandomir, Sept. 26, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Basil Gogos, who painted penetrating and chilling color portraits of movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Phantom of the Opera, and imbued Frankenstein’s... Read full biography
"Basil Gogos, Who? Painted Monsters? With Love, Dies at 88," By Richard Sandomir, Sept. 26, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Basil Gogos, who painted penetrating and chilling color portraits of movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Phantom of the Opera, and imbued Frankenstein’s monster with notable compassion, died on Sept. 13 at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 88. Linda Touby, his wife and only immediate survivor, said the cause was probably a coronary. Mr. Gogos produced... Read full biography
"Basil Gogos, Who? Painted Monsters? With Love, Dies at 88," By Richard Sandomir, Sept. 26, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Basil Gogos, who painted penetrating and chilling color portraits of movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Phantom of the Opera, and imbued Frankenstein’s monster with notable compassion, died on Sept. 13 at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 88. Linda Touby, his wife and only immediate survivor, said the cause was probably a coronary. Mr. Gogos produced dozens of covers for the horror magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland over more than 20 years. Many of them looked as if Mr. Gogos had invited the monsters into his studio, where he meticulously lighted them and bathed them in brilliant hues. In Mr.... Read full biography
"Basil Gogos, Who? Painted Monsters? With Love, Dies at 88," By Richard Sandomir, Sept. 26, 2017, Obituary, The New York Times. Basil Gogos, who painted penetrating and chilling color portraits of movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Phantom of the Opera, and imbued Frankenstein’s monster with notable compassion, died on Sept. 13 at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 88. Linda Touby, his wife and only immediate survivor, said the cause was probably a coronary. Mr. Gogos produced dozens of covers for the horror magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland over more than 20 years. Many of them looked as if Mr. Gogos had invited the monsters into his studio, where he meticulously lighted them and bathed them in brilliant hues. In Mr. Gogos’s 1969 portrait of Frankenstein’s monster, as played by Boris Karloff, his eyes are downcast, his demeanor is sorrow... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeBasil Gogos Famous Monsters of Filmland #83 Cover Painting Original Art (Warren, 1971)
Basil Gogos Auction: 09/12/2024 - 9/15/2024Lot: 92089Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeOriginal Boris Karloff as "The Ghoul" from The Ghoul Magazine Cover Art for Famous Monsters of Filmland #110 (1974)
Basil Gogos Auction: 11/04/2021 - 11/7/2021Lot: 89029Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeOriginal Elsa Lanchester as "Bride of Frankenstein" Magazine Cover Art for Famous Monsters of Filmland #17
Basil Gogos Auction: 11/04/2021 - 11/7/2021Lot: 89022Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeFamous Monsters of Filmland #65 Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu Cover Painting Original Art (Warren, 1970)
Basil Gogos Auction: 06/26/2025 - 6/29/2025Lot: 92065Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeBasil Gogos Famous Monsters of Filmland #100 Front and Back Cover Painting Original Art (Warren, 1973)
Basil Gogos Auction: 09/12/2024 - 9/15/2024Lot: 92032Subscribe or get free alerts
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