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Ken W. Kelly (May 19, 1946 – June 2, 2022)[1] was an American fantasy artist.[2] Over his 50-year career, he focused in particular on paintings in the sword and sorcery and heroic fantasy subgenres.

Biography

Kelly was the nephew of Frank Frazetta's wife Eleanor “Ellie” Frazetta (née Kelly; 1935-2009).[3]

Early in his career he was able to study the paintings of Frank Frazetta in the latter's studio.[1] In the early 1970s he did a couple of cover paintings for Castle of Frankenstein magazine.[4] Throughout the 1970s he was one of the foremost cover artists on Warren Publishing's Creepy and Eerie magazines.^{[citation needed]}

He depicted Conan the Barbarian,[5] Tarzan and the rock acts KISS,[6] Manowar,[7] Sleepy Hollow, Rainbow, and Ace Frehley.

His work often portrays exotic, enchanted locales and primal battlefields. He developed the artwork for Coheed and Cambria's album, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow, and a painting of his was used as the cover art for Alabama Thunderpussy's 2007 release, Open Fire. In 2012, one of Kelly's paintings was used for the cover of Electric Magma's 12" vinyl release Canadian Samurai II.

Kelly was a guest at the Kiss by Monster Mini Golf course in Las Vegas, Nevada, doing autograph signings of prints for the classic Kiss albums he drew cover artwork for.

Ken Kelly died on June 2, 2022, at the age of 76.[8]

Notable album artwork

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• Destroyer (1976) by Kiss
• Rising (1976) by Rainbow
• Love Gun (1977) by Kiss
• Fighting the World (1987) by Manowar
• Kings of Metal (1988) by Manowar
• The Triumph of Steel (1992) by Manowar
• Louder than Hell (1996) by Manowar
• Gods of War (2007) by Manowar
• Destroyer: Resurrected (2012) by Kiss
• The Lord of Steel (2012) by Manowar
• Space Invader (2014) by Ace Frehley
• Volume (EP) (2019) by The Vindicated
• Shadow Rising (2019) by Stormburner

Games

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• Witchaven (1995, cover illustration) (video game)
• Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (2016, Modiphius Entertainment, inner pages illustrations by Ken Kelly, among others) (tabletop roleplaying game)

Toys

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• Micronauts (1979 packaging art) by MEGO
• Micronauts (2016, packaging art) by Hasbro
• Roboskull MKII (2021, 2022, packaging art) by SKELETRON

References

External Links

• kenkellyfantasyart.com
• Ken Kelly discography at Discogs
• Ken Kelly at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Ken Kelly (artist)

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[es] Ken Kelly

Ken W. Kelly (New London, Connecticut, 19 de mayo de 1946-3 de junio de 2022)[1][2][3] fue un dibujante y pintor estadounidense.[4]

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[fr] Ken Kelly

Ken Kelly, né en 1946 est un peintre et un illustrateur d'heroic fantasy.

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[it] Ken Kelly

Ken W. Kelly (New London, 19 maggio 1946 – 3 giugno 2022[1]) è stato un pittore statunitense specializzato nell'arte fantasy.

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[ru] Келли, Кен

Кен Келли (англ. Ken W. Kelly; 19 мая 1946[1][2][3][…], Нью-Лондон, Коннектикут — 3 июня 2022[4]) — американский художник-фантаст. Известен своими иллюстрациями на тему Конана и Тарзана, а также работами с рок-группами Kiss (альбомы Destroyer и Love Gun), Rainbow (альбом Rising), и Manowar (альбом The Triumph of Steel и др.). Опубликовал две книги по искусству и нарисовал более 700 работ. Его картины выполнены исключительно масляными красками.

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