Джон Берки (1932-2008) — американский иллюстратор, иногда работающий под именем просто «Берки», вероятно, лучше всего запомнился своей иллюстрацией в области фантастики и космонавтики, но он также работал и в других жанрах, включая изображения не менее 16 почтовых марок США, в том числе марок Санта-Клауса 1983 и 1991 годов.
Еще учась в средней школе, он устроился на каникулы в мастерскую, выполнял различные поручения. Он получил официальное художественное образование в Школе искусств Миннеаполиса и работал в ряде мастерских Миннеаполиса, прежде чем присоединиться к Brown & Bigelow, в то время крупнейшему в мире издателю календарей, в качестве иллюстратора, следуя по стопам таких других крупных американских иллюстраторов, как Максфилд Пэрриш и Норман Роквелл. Он работал там восемь лет, и к концу этого времени скорость рисования его работ достигла в среднем около семидесяти законченных картин в год. Эта способность выполнять высококачественную работу с большой скоростью сослужила ему хорошую службу на протяжении всей его карьеры. Он продолжал работать в Brown & Bigelow на исторические темы даже после того, как в 1963 году стал внештатным сотрудником.
Его периодически нанимала НАСА, начиная с 1960-х годов, для написания портретов астронавтов и их космических кораблей; потрясающая работа в этом духе — «Challenger on the Gantry» (1987-1988), в настоящее время находящаяся в музее Челленджера, Коннектикут. Он начал рисовать фантастические сюжеты в конце 1960-х, его первая обложка была для переиздания в 1967 году «Делла» Роберта Хайнлайна «Звездный человек Джонс» (1953).
Многие из этих ранних научно-фантастических обложек были посвящены фигурам и интерьерам; только в конце 1970-х и 1980-х годов он начал создавать изображения огромных космических кораблей и космических сценариев, которые прочно ассоциировались с его именем. Как и более поздний, также очень живописный художник Джон Харрис, Берки обладал способностью передавать ощущение огромной массы и масштаба. Он смешивал свои собственные цвета и рисовал почти исключительно акриловыми красками, смешанными с казеином, чтобы сделать их более твердыми и долговечными,-технику, которую он разработал сам.
Он также занимался многим другим, в частности, включая постеры фильмов и сопутствующие рекламные материалы. Среди фильмов, представляющих интерес для научной фантастики, для которых он нарисовал плакаты и вспомогательные материалы, – «Фактор Нептуна» (1973), «Кинг-Конг» (1976), «Вторжение похитителей тел» (1978), «Звездный путь: Кинофильм» (1979), «Звездный путь II: Гнев Хана» (1982), «Возвращение джедая» (1983) (см. «Звездные войны: эпизод VI-Возвращение джедая»), «Дюна» (1984) и «Звездный путь IV: путешествие домой» (1986). Согласно Вики «Звездных войн», Берки сделал «по меньшей мере одиннадцать произведений искусства «Звездных войн»».
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2020 Vision, preliminary illustration for paperback, circa 1974
A Fall Day (Calendar Illustration), 1979
A Man Lays Down his Tools, Road & Track magazine interior illustration, October 1983
Abstract Spaceship, 2004
Advertisements (1)
Advertisements (2)
Andrew Wyeth Portrait, 1958
Armada, Fawcett paperback cover, 1981
Armed Fighters, 1999
Arthur Rubenstein, December 10, 1997
Astronaut in Space, Art for Digital Equipment
Atomic Plant No. 71, Brown & Bigelow Calendar illustration, circa 1960
Attacking the Mothership
Automobile sketches (1)
Automobile sketches (2)
Autumn in Space, 1995
Back Towards the Sun, Painted Space by John Conrad Berkey interior illustration, 1991
Baseball sketches (1)
Baseball sketches (2)
Baseball sketches (3)
Bass Fishing, Sports Afield magazine cover, December 3, 1997
Bayfield Fishing Boat, 1999
Bayfield Fishing Boat
Bird, No. 2, original book cover preliminary illustration
Candy Cane Land, The Story of Santa Claus, book illustration, 1993
Car of Tomorrow, Science Fiction Book Club advertisement, 1973
Catastrophe, No. 3, original book cover preliminary illustration
Catastrophes!, Fawcett paperback cover, 1981
Cathedral, 1990
Christmas Morning
Chronicles of the Lensman, Science Fiction Book Club cover, 1995
Colonies in Space, Warner book cover, 1978
Construction Scene of a White Building
Construction Scene
Control Tower, book cover, 1997
Cross Country Skiers
Cross The Stars, Baen Sci-Fi paperback cover, 1985
Deathworld 3, Dell paperback cover, 1968
Deep Quest, Popular Mechanics interior illustration, January 1990
Deep Space, preliminary illustration
Defrost, Science Fiction Age preliminary
Demon 4, book cover, 1986
Derelict, No. 2, original book cover preliminary illustration
Doubled Spaceships, 1995
Dream Suburb, Literary Guild illustration
Duck Hunting, Sports Afield Magazine cover, October 30, 1997
Ducks in Flight
Elves at Work
Elvissey, trade paperback cover, 1993
End of the Run, 2001
Exit From Below, book illustration, 1991
Explosion on Board, Literary Guild story illustration
Fire Charge, 1999
Five Down in Glory, Ballantine paperback cover, 1982
Flying Through the Atmosphere
Futurerail, Popular Mechanics poster and interior illustration, June 1988
Galactic Convoy, Popular Library paperback cover, 1987
Ghost Boat, Dell paperback cover, 1978
Gladiator at Law, Ballantine paperback cover, 1969
Glide Path, Signet book cover, 1981
Good Housekeeping interior illustration
Graduation Scene
Gulf War Helicopter, Popular Mechanics interior illustration
HBO, Showtime, and MTV, interior TV Guide illustrations (1)
HBO, Showtime, and MTV, interior TV Guide illustrations (2)
HBO, Showtime, and MTV, interior TV Guide illustrations (3)
Here Are Some Facts About the Army That Read Like Science Fiction, U.S. Army advertisement
Hertz advertisement
High Voltage paperback cover
Hunter of Worlds, Daw paperback cover, 1977
If the Stars Were Gods, Ace paperback cover, 1981
Instant Survey, 2002
Into the Storm, Diplomatic Immunity, Chinese edition book cover, 2004
Isolation Lab, Modern Machine cover
Jet Ships, Popular Mechanics, story illustration, August 1990
Jules Verne, 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea book cover
King Kong, movie poster artwork, 1976
King Kong, original Japanese movie poster artwork, 1976
King Kong Poster Painting (1990)
Kronan Shipwreck, November 25, 1997
Land and Cityscape sketches (1)
Land and Cityscape sketches (2)
Land and Cityscape sketches (3)
Land and Cityscape sketches (4)
Let Not Your Dreams Be Master, paperback cover
Life on Artificial Islands, Popular Mechanic interior illustration, August 1984
Lifeboat, Ballantine paperback cover, 1972
Lightship, Portal Publication poster, 1977
Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter, Mass Market paperback back cover, 1978
Modern Technology, magazine cover
National Geographic Christmas Card, 1991
Naval Attack, November 12, 1997
Neptune Factor, movie poster concept art, 1973
New York City - The 22nd Century
No Wind, Literary Guild Story illustration
Nude (1)
Nude (2)
Nude (3)
Nude in Waiting, 2001
Of Moon and Stars, 1990
Oil Platform, U.S. Steel Advertisement, November 12, 1997
Oil Rig at Sunset, U.S. Steel Advertisement, April 25, 1998
Omni magazine cover, October 1992
Orca the Killer Whale, Movie Poster Painting (circa 1977)
Outpassage, Random House paperback cover, 1988
Pavane, original cover illustration for Realms of Fantasy magazine, May 1996
Plain Truth magazine cover, April 1978
Please Explain, Dell paperback cover, 1975
Popular Mechanics, Satellites U.S. (Hubble Satellite and Others)
Poster study, Star Trek, Wrath of Khan, c. 1982
Qaddafi is Dead, Readers Digest interior illustration, 1990 detail
Qaddafi is Dead, Readers Digest interior illustration, 1990
Red Limit Freeway, Ace paperback cover, 1984
Relics, Both, 2000
Riverboat, Stamp Book illustration
Run to the Stars, Ace Sci-Fi paperback cover, 1986
Science Fiction Age story illustration
Science Fiction Scene
Seascape sketches (1)
Seascape sketches (2)
Seascape sketches (3)
Seascape sketches (4)
Seascape sketches (5)
Secret of the Sunless World, Dell paperback cover, 1969
Sector General No. 1, preliminary illustration
Shermans March, 1998
Ship From Down Under
Sikorsky Aircraft advertisement
Silent Hunter, probable book cover
Sinking Cruise Ship, probable movie poster concept art
Sinking of Lucitanian, Readers Digest condensed book
Skylab
Soviet Bloc Nations, TV Guide cover, August 22, 1987
Space Equipment Repair
Space Mail, preliminary illustration
Space Merchants, Ballantine paperback cover, 1965
Space Modules, 1996
Space Probe Uranus
Space Settlement, AMP Corporate commission, 1988
Space Settlement, AMP Corporate commission preliminary, 1988
Space Ship, 1985
Space Station
Spaceship Among Planets
Spaceship Launch
Spaceship preliminary (1)
Spaceship preliminary (2)
Spaceship Through the Blue study, 2000
Spaceship Traveling Through the Moons
Spaceships and Planets
Spanish Colonial America, National Geographic Magazine interior illustrations (1), October 30, 1997
Spanish Colonial America, National Geographic Magazine interior illustrations (2), October 30, 1997
Spanish Colonial America, National Geographic Magazine interior illustrations (3), October 30, 1997
Spanish Colonial America, National Geographic Magazine interior illustrations (4), October 30, 1997
Spartan Planet, Dell paperback cover, 1969
Sperry Corporation, advertisement
Sports Afield Cover, 1980
Standing Nude
Star 4 Science Fiction, Ballantine paperback cover, 1972
Star Series, paperback cover, 1962
Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977)
Starship Enterprise
Steam Thresher on a Kansas Farm, 1991
T.V. News, T.V. Guide interior illustration
Take Off, probable paperback cover
Taking Flight
Taxi Dancer, Berkley paperback cover, 1985
The Benedict Arnold Connection, Dell paperback cover, 1978
The Caves of Steel, Fawcett paperback cover, 1989
The Concorde, Airport 79 (1)
The Concorde, Airport 79 (2)
The Concorde, Airport 79 (3)
The Concorde, Airport 79 (4)
The Concorde, Airport 79 (5)
The Deep Sea Exploration, preliminary illustration
The Defenders, Warner paperback cover, 1992
The Dream Millennium, paperback cover, 1974
The Experiment, preliminary illustration
The Final Approach, Readers Digest interior illustration, 1991
The Genesis Rock, Random House paperback cover, 1981
The Gold at Star Bows End, Ballantine paperback cover, 1972
The Great Christmas Feast, 1993
The Humanoid Touch, hardcover, 1980
The Invisible Airplane, Discover Magazine cover and interior illustration (1)
The Invisible Airplane, Discover Magazine cover and interior illustration (2)
The Last Sunrise, Jove paperback cover, 1984
The Lodge
The Magic May Return, Ace book cover, 1981 detail
The Magic May Return, Ace book cover, 1981
The Merchant
The Neptune Factor, alternative movie poster artwork
The Neptune Factor, movie concept art, 1973
The Neptune Factor, movie poster illustration, 1973
The Peculiar Enigma, 1994
The Ship Who Sang, preliminary book illustration, circa 1990s (1)
The Ship Who Sang, preliminary book illustration, circa 1990s (2)
The Ship Who Sang, preliminary book illustration, circa 1990s (3)
The Spectrum Tale, 1989
The Technician, preliminary illustration
The Towering Inferno, movie concept art, 1974
The Undefeated, Dell paperback cover, 1974
The Underground Industrial Plant, preliminary illustration
The Voyager, Life magazine interior illustration, December 1985
The West Bank T.V. Coverage, T.V. Guide interior illustration
The White Plague, Berkley paperback cover, 1983
Third World War Under Sea, book cover
Third World War Under the Mediterranean, book cover preliminary
Third World War Under the Mediterranean, book cover
Three Aviation Illustrations for Popular Mechanics (1), 1997
Three Aviation Illustrations for Popular Mechanics (2), 1997
Three Aviation Illustrations for Popular Mechanics (3), 1997
To Fear the Light, Tor Sci-Fi paperback cover, 1996
Town Square Scene
Tractors
Traveling Through Space
Truck on Snowy Mountain, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration
Tsunami, Bantam paperback cover, 1984
TV Anchor Mount Rushmore, possible TV Guide cover
Two Asian Wedding Scenes, Illustrations for Literary Book Club Magazine (1), October 30, 1997
Two Asian Wedding Scenes, Illustrations for Literary Book Club Magazine (2), October 30, 1997
Unpublished space art (1)
Unpublished space art (2)
Unpublished space illustration (1)
Unpublished space illustration (2)
Unpublished space illustration (3)
Untitled #2, 1973
Untitled No. 1, 1984
Untitled No. 3
Up in Space (1)
Up in Space (2)
Up in Space (3)
Valis, Bantam paperback cover, 1981
Vengeance is Mine book cover
Viking Probe (Uranus)
Wars at Sea sketches (1)
Wars at Sea sketches (2)
Wars at Sea sketches (3)
Wars at Sea sketches (4)
Wars at Sea sketches (5)
Water Rockets, Popular Mechanics magazine story illustration, April 1996
Water Skiing, October 30, 1997
Wedding Party in Colonial Times, National Geographic story illustration, circa 1982-83
Womens Suffrage, March 2, 1999
Wrath of Kahn, paperback cover preliminary
Wyoming-Telegraph Road, 1991
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