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In the case of an artist like John Schoenherr, he becomes the work’s joint architect–and leaves a mark no less indelible. An extraordinary illustrator, however, is capable of contributing to a piece of literature just as meaningfully as its author. Few authors and the artists employed to visualize their stories achieve a real dialogue more often than not, throughout the history of science fiction, literature of real depth is sold with flashy aliens and cosmic exaggerations. If there’s anywhere the old axiom about judging a book by its cover holds true, it’s science fiction.

High praise indeed, but truly deserved, for as Jeff Love pointed out in Omni Reboot, Schoenherr’s illustrations are “the most important science fiction art ever created.” I can envision no more perfect visual representation of my Dune world than John Schoenherr’s careful and accurate illustrations.

But Herbert didn’t stop there, he later added: You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.Frank Herbert said John Schoenherr was “the only man who has ever visited Dune.” Schoenherr (1935-2010) was the artist responsible for visualising and illustrating Herbert’s Dune-firstly in the pages of Analog magazine, then in the fully illustrated edition of the classic science fiction tale. This article about an American illustrator is a stub.

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John Schoenherr at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

"John Schoenherr, Children’s Book Illustrator, Dies at 74". "Both Richard Egielski of Milford and John Schoenherr of Delaware Township (near Stockton) are represented by illustrations from books aimed at ages 4 to 8, the youngest group." "ART Children's Page Turners to Linger Over", The New York Times, January 9, 2000.

^ "George Lucas Stole Chewbacca But Its Okay".

1988 Caldecott Medal for Owl Moon by Jane Yolen.

On April 8, 2010, he died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Easton, Pennsylvania. Schoenherr was a resident of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was a member of the American Society of Mammologists, Society of Animal Artists, and the Society of Illustrators NY.īorn in New York City, Schoenherr graduated from Stuyvesant High School, and studied art at The Art Students League of New York with Will Barnet and at Pratt Institute. His knowledge of zoology was very useful in creating alien creatures. He also worked for paperback and hardcover SF publishers like Ace Books and Doubleday. His July 1975 Cover for Analog has been cited as influential in the designs for the Star Wars character Chewbacca. He illustrated the original magazine serializations of Dune for them, as well as the covers for Anne McCaffrey's "Weyr Search" and "Dragonrider," which were later revised into the novel Dragonflight. This last grew out of his work for Analog magazine, especially under John W. His paintings were often egg tempera, another unusual medium.Īmong the books he illustrated are The Wolfling and Rascal by Sterling North (the latter of which received a Newbery Honor) and The Illustrated Dune by Frank Herbert.

Most of his black-and-white illustration work used the scratchboard technique, and he was long known as the only commercial artist who specialized in it. However, he is also very well known as a wildlife artist and children's book illustrator, with over forty books to his credit. Schoenherr may be best known as the original illustrator for Dune by Frank Herbert, creating the canonical images for elements such as sandworms. John Schoenherr (J– April 8, 2010) was an American illustrator.