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1927 Oak Park, Illinois - 2004 Vermont. Known for: Scientific illustration, magazines, ecological books for children.
Mel Hunter (1927-2004). He entered college a year early. After college, he held a variety of jobs, from pumping gas to writing copy for an insurance firm and selling insurance on a Fair circuit.... Read full biography
Mel Hunter (1927-2004). He entered college a year early. After college, he held a variety of jobs, from pumping gas to writing copy for an insurance firm and selling insurance on a Fair circuit. Eventually he traveled to the West Coast in search of employment. In 1950, Mel made up his mind to... Read full biography
Mel Hunter (1927-2004). He entered college a year early. After college, he held a variety of jobs, from pumping gas to writing copy for an insurance firm and selling insurance on a Fair circuit. Eventually he traveled to the West Coast in search of employment. In 1950, Mel made up his mind to pursue a career in art and decided to teach himself illustration skills, which he did after work, on weekends and all other spare time, working at his kitchen table. Following three years of steady effort,... Read full biography
Mel Hunter (1927-2004). He entered college a year early. After college, he held a variety of jobs, from pumping gas to writing copy for an insurance firm and selling insurance on a Fair circuit. Eventually he traveled to the West Coast in search of employment. In 1950, Mel made up his mind to pursue a career in art and decided to teach himself illustration skills, which he did after work, on weekends and all other spare time, working at his kitchen table. Following three years of steady effort, the self-taught artist sold his first color cover idea to Galaxy Magazine. He also talked himself into a job as technical illustrator at Northrop, where he painted pictures for the Pentagon of advanced interceptors and pilot less bombers in... Read full biography
Mel Hunter (1927-2004). He entered college a year early. After college, he held a variety of jobs, from pumping gas to writing copy for an insurance firm and selling insurance on a Fair circuit. Eventually he traveled to the West Coast in search of employment. In 1950, Mel made up his mind to pursue a career in art and decided to teach himself illustration skills, which he did after work, on weekends and all other spare time, working at his kitchen table. Following three years of steady effort, the self-taught artist sold his first color cover idea to Galaxy Magazine. He also talked himself into a job as technical illustrator at Northrop, where he painted pictures for the Pentagon of advanced interceptors and pilot less bombers in hypothetical combat situations. During this time he was a member of a group of Science Fiction greats s... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Book Illustration
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Easel Painting
- •Magazine Illustration
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Gouache
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Science Fiction
- •Science, Physics, Technology and/or Medicine
Added Description
- •Writer