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Christos Achilléos[3] (1947 – 6 December 2021) was a Cypriot-born British painter and illustrator who specialised in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration.

Chris Achilleos
Achilleos on Polcon 2007
Born	Christos Achilléos 1947 (1947) Famagusta, Cyprus
Died	6 December 2021 (aged 74)[1][2]
Nationality	Cypriot British
Known for	Fantasy art, illustration

Biography

Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he resided.[4] He attended the Hornsey College of Art.[5]

His work has appeared in Heavy Metal and Radio Times magazines, on book covers (including series based on the Conan the Barbarian character, TV's Doctor Who[6] and Star Trek,[7] as well as the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series),[8] and in collections of his own work. He has also participated in various film projects including Heavy Metal and Willow as a conceptual artist,[6] (his iconic poster image commissioned in 1980 featuring Taarna and her birdlike steed are still featured on the DVD release)[9] and created a proposed poster for Blade Runner.[10]

Achilleos created the controversial cover for Whitesnake's 1979 album, Lovehunter, which showed a naked woman straddling a giant serpent. In an interview with MelodicRock, Gary Hughes stated that Achilleos thereafter "had a policy of not working with bands".[11] The original artwork, along with several other pieces, were stolen from him in the 1980s and sold to a private collector.[12] However, he designed an album cover and artwork in 2003 with Gary Hughes' rock opera Once and Future King Part I.[13] His influence was also felt in the Kate Bush video for "Babooshka", in which the character's costume resembles the cover portrait he did of the heroine of the 1978 novel Raven - Swordsmistress of Chaos.[14][15]

Following 1990, he mostly worked in designing fantasy trading cards as well as selling prints and original works of art.[5]

Chris Achilleos died on 6 December 2021, at the age of 74.[1][2]

Collections

Achilleos had published several book collections, including:^{[citation needed]}

• Beauty and the Beast (1978)[5]
• Sirens (1986)[5]
• Medusa (1988)[5]
• Amazona (2004)[5]

See also

• Concept art
• Fantastic art

References

External links

• Official website
• Chris Achilleos at IMDb
• Chris Achilleos at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Fansite for Achilleos art in use

На других языках

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- [en] Chris Achilleos

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[fr] Chris Achilleos

Chris Achilleos, né Christos Achilléos, né en 1947 à Famagouste (Chypre du Nord) et mort le 6 décembre 2021[1], est un peintre britannique connu pour ses pin-ups dans le style fantasy.

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[it] Chris Achilleos

Chris Achilleos nato Christos Achilléos,[1] (Famagosta, 1947 – 6 dicembre 2021[2]) è stato un pittore e illustratore cipriota specializzato in arte fantastica e arte erotica.

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[ru] Ахиллеос, Крис

Крис Ахилле́ос[5] (в английском произношении — Акилле́ос[6]; англ. Chris Achilleos; 1947, Фамагуста, остров Кипр — 9 декабря 2021[7]) — британский художник-фантаст.

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