Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
American, 1927-1992
Bob Peak - Robert M. Peak (May 30, 1927 – August 1, 1992) was an American llustrator. Known for his developments in the design of the modern film poster His artwork has been on the cover of Time magazine, TV Guide, and Sports Illustrated. He also illustrated advertisements
Bob Peak was born in Denver, and grew up in Wichita. From an early age that he wanted to be a commercial illustrator. After serving in the military during the Korean War, Peak transferred to the Art Center College of Design. In 1953, Peak moved to NYC and went on to appear in major advertising and national magazines.
Peak in 1961 to design the poster images for the film West Side Story. My Fair Lady and Camelot. Peak's style would become familiar to fans of science fiction films when he created the poster art for the futuristic film Rollerball (1975), which was followed by the first five Star Trek films, Superman (1978), Excalibur (1981), Derek Flint films, Apocalypse Now (1979), The Spy Who Loved Me and other James Bond concepts.[3] By the 1980s, only the film poster artist Drew Struzan was in as much demand by film directors
In 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the "Bob Peak: Creating the Modern Movie Poster" Peak taught in his own college and later at Art Students League of New York, Pratt Institute and Famous Artists School.
Illustrations
Fate of a Man, movie poster 1959 West Side Story, movie poster , 1961 The Leopard, movie poster 1963 My Fair Lady, movie poster 1964 The Cincinnati Kid, movie poster 1965 The Liquidator, movie poster 1965 Lord Jim, movie poster 1965 Kaleidoscope, movie poster 1966 Modesty Blaise, movie poster 1966 Our Man Flint, movie poster 1966 Camelot, movie poster 1967 In Like Flint, movie poster 1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie, movie poster 1967 The Wanderer, movie poster 1967 For Love of Ivy, movie poster 1968 A Dream of Kings, movie poster 1969 Funny Girl, movie poster 1969 Lions Love (... and Lies), movie poster1969 The Secret of Santa Vittoria, movie poster , 1969 There Was a Crooked Man..., movie poster 1970 Cesar & Rosalie, movie poster 1972 The Great Waltz, movie poster , 1972 Mame, movie poster 1974 The Voyage, movie poster 1974 The Yakuza, movie poster 1974 Rollerball, movie poster 1975 That's Entertainment, Part II, movie poster 1975 The Missouri Breaks, movie poster 1976 Equus, movie poster 1977 Islands in the Stream, movie poster 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me, movie poster 1977 Every Which Way But Loose, movie poster 1978 Superman, movie poster 1978 The Wiz, movie poster 1978 Hair, movie poster 1979 Apocalypse Now, movie poster 1979
In 1961, Peak was named Artist of the Year by the Graphic Artists Guild New York chapter. He won eight Awards of Excellence and four gold medals from Society of Illustrators. In 1977, the Society of Illustrators inducted him to its Hall of Fame. The Hollywood Reporter presented him the 1992 Key Art Award, now known as the Clio Entertainment Awards.to
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Artist: Bob Peak
Elegant Couple Shopping in Urban Street Scene - Magenta and Orange Mid-Century
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak may be the heir to Norman Rockwell in portraying the American Scene. Yet Peak's graphic representations depart from Rockwell's tight academic style. In the present work from...
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1950s Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Boxing Scene. Vanquished Boxer in his Corner. Sports Illustrated Boxing Story
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Many in the art world today dismiss illustrators as being commercial simply because their work was done on assignment for a client, rather than for themselves. Sadly, these art world people have limited imagination and a restricted sense of curiosity. Rembrandt and Leonardo were commercial artists. This boxing illustration/painting was done for Sports Illustrated...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Motorsport Car Racing with Checkered Flag at Finish Line of a Race Track
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This highly innovated Bob Peak Race Track painting is a perfect synthesis of art and commerce. Designed with a radical composition where two-thirds of the picture plane is an alm...
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1960s Abstract Impressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Acrylic, Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Pencil
Art Deco Style Portrait of beautiful woman Painting - Apocalypse Now Artist
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This beautiful work by the great American Illustrator Bob Peak has a sister work in the collection of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angles.
We feel that our work has a little more detail, complexity and dimension to it as the beautiful female figure seems to be floating in an endless sky of dreamy colors.
Portrait of beautiful woman,
Large powerfully sensual deco-esque work by America's Master of the Movie Poster. Bob Peak.
Bob Peak, in my opinion, was the Norman Rockwell of post-war American Illustration, this is one of the works that paved the way for a new way of seeing. It's more fine art than commercial art. For Apocalypse Now, in 1979, Francis Ford Coppola could have hired any artist in the world to create the movie poster and image for his film. He hired Bob Peak.
Some of the movie posters Peak has worked on. West Side Story, Rollerball, Star Trek, Superman, Excalibur, Apocalypse Now, The Spy Who Loved Me. My Fair Lady, Camelot and Enter the Dragon. Additionally, Peak illustrated 45 covers of Time Magazine and many covers for Sports Illustrated, TV Guide.
Signed lower center
Private Collection
Georges Delerue...
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Pelé Brazilian, footballer, Soccer Star, Illustration
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak is one of the true giants of post-war American Illustration. He is a virtuoso artist, with a heightened level of skill and talent that very few living artists today possess...
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1980s American Impressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Boxer Knockout Punch - Esquire Magazine Mid- Century Sports - Action Painting
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Brilliant American Illustrator Bob Peak captures the fury and power of a punch to the face with rapid broad strokes of the brush. Combined with a somber color scheme and gestural bru...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Golfer Swinging, Vintage 7 Up Ad "Get Real Action" in Green and Yellow - Golf
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This strobe-like dynamic composition with bright and bold colors reflects the energetic taste of the 7 Up brand. It lies somewhere between abstraction and figuration. Peaks' use of b...
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Sports Portrait of Athletic Partially Nude Boy with Rapid Brushstrokes
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Figuration and abstraction meet in this energized quick portrait of an athletic boy with headband and resting on a bench, Most likely done for a magazine like Sports Illustrated - Si...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Football Team Sports Action Painting Abstract Expressionism, Sports Illustrated
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Football players cloaked in oversized Browns jackets are seen from behind running off the field. Always the graphic innovator, legendary illustrator Bob Peak creates a radical composition by leaving the bottom two-thirds of the picture plane empty of detail. To convey a sense of motion, Peak uses broad strokes of paint similar to the action painters Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning, who were the dominant force in the fine art world in the 1960s. Clearly, one can see a cross-over influence from Fine Art to commercial illustration as Peak strikes a balance between abstract versus figurative art. This work was done on an assignment for Sports Illustrated...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Charcoal, Acrylic
Construction Workers Painted the Style of Vuillard Post-Impression Les Nabis
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak may be America's greatest post-war illustrator. In this earlier work from 1965, the artist paints a street scene of workers in the style of Les Nabis...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10-count by the referee. Peak captures that peak moment of drama and then exaggerates...
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1960s Expressionist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Cycling. Two men Sports Racing on Bicycles
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This illustration was commissioned for the 1984 Olympic Games by the US postal service.
Signed and dated lower right
Work is framed
framed under acrylic to an overall size of 31.5 ...
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1980s American Realist Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Pregame Football Players Lined Up Abstraction of Blue Jersey and Orange Numbers
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1964, and the brilliantly inventive artist/illustrator Bob Peak is turning the world of commercial art upside down. In "Pregame Football Players" for Sports Illustrated, Peak pu...
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1960s Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Racing Cars in Bright Red, Sports Illustrated Illustration - Sports Car - Pink
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Punchy reds and zestful hot pinks convey a sense of intense motion and engine heat. The art is as much a color-field painting as a narrative work. It was a commissioned illustration for Sports Illustrated...
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1970s Color-Field Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Groovy Lucille Ball, original painting for TV Guide cover
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak's Lucille Ball, TV guide cover is a seminal work. With its stylized design and use of punchy color, this work constitutes a powerfully innovative pai...
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1960s American Modern Bob Peak Figurative Paintings
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Mixed Media, Gouache
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