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ARTIST: Darrell K Sweet (New Jersey, New York, 1934 - 2011)
TITLE: Woman with Flower in her Hair
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Missing a few flakes of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 28 x 22 inches / 71 x 55 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: on verso
PROVENANCE: These paintings were purchased from artist's mother and were reported as his art school era works.
NAME VARIANTS: NO
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Darrell K. Sweet was a professional illustrator best known for providing cover art for science fiction and fantasy novels, in which capacity he was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1983.Sweet was born in Highland Park, New Jersey. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1956 with a degree in fine arts. He also produced art for trading cards and calendars. He was famous for providing the covers of the fantasy epic saga The Wheel of Time, save for that of the final book, which postdated Sweet's death. He was also the illustrator for the well-known Xanth series by Piers Anthony, the covers of the Pelbar Cycle by Paul O. Williams, the Saga of Recluce series by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. and the Runelords series by David Farland as well as the original cover artist for Stephen R. Donaldson's series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.Sweet designed book covers for Ballantine Books in 1974. He moved to Del Rey Books in 1975, when Judy-Lynn del Rey hired him to produce the front cover for Fritz Leiber's novel Gather, Darkness!. Between 1975 and 2005, Sweet produced over 3000 images. He died in 2011.
TITLE: Woman with Flower in her Hair
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Missing a few flakes of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 28 x 22 inches / 71 x 55 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: on verso
PROVENANCE: These paintings were purchased from artist's mother and were reported as his art school era works.
NAME VARIANTS: NO
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US
USEFUL INFO ABOUT ART IS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA:
SKU#: 123584
US Shipping $75 + insurance.
BIOGRAPHY:
Darrell K. Sweet was a professional illustrator best known for providing cover art for science fiction and fantasy novels, in which capacity he was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1983.Sweet was born in Highland Park, New Jersey. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1956 with a degree in fine arts. He also produced art for trading cards and calendars. He was famous for providing the covers of the fantasy epic saga The Wheel of Time, save for that of the final book, which postdated Sweet's death. He was also the illustrator for the well-known Xanth series by Piers Anthony, the covers of the Pelbar Cycle by Paul O. Williams, the Saga of Recluce series by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. and the Runelords series by David Farland as well as the original cover artist for Stephen R. Donaldson's series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.Sweet designed book covers for Ballantine Books in 1974. He moved to Del Rey Books in 1975, when Judy-Lynn del Rey hired him to produce the front cover for Fritz Leiber's novel Gather, Darkness!. Between 1975 and 2005, Sweet produced over 3000 images. He died in 2011.
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Darrell Sweet (NJ,NY,1934-2011) oil painting
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