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- Frank Kelly Freas
- 7933 Quimby Avenue
- West Hills, CA 91304-4444
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- Phone: (818) 992-1252
- E-mail: ao891@lafn.org
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- Frank Kelly Freas is universally recognized as one of the most prolific and popular science fiction and
- fantasy artists in the world. His distinguished career spans more than forty years, from painting covers for
- ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION and PLANET STORIES in the 1950s to visualizing the most
- current concepts in science fiction, gaming, and motion picture concepts. This is evidenced by his
- winning the readers' poll award from ANALOG MAGAZINE for Best Cover of the Year for 1991.
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- Over the years, Freas' art has graced the covers of hundreds of science fiction books and magazines. His
- art has illustrated works by such writers as famous and diverse as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert
- A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, Dean R. Koontz, Ursula K. LeGuin, Frederik Pohl, and A.E. Van Vogt. He
- also contributed covers to MAD MAGAZINE from 1955 to 1962, as well as numerous other commercial
- illustrations, such as the record jacket for Queen's best-selling album, NEWS OF THE WORLD, and the
- cover of the 1992 STAR TREK ANNUAL. An official NASA artist, Freas' space posters hang in the
- Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. He was also commissioned by the Skylab 1 astronauts to
- design their crew patch.
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- Dubbed the "most popular sf artist in the history of the field" by the highly respected ENCYCLOPEDIA
- OF SCIENCE FICTION, Frank Kelly Freas was the first artist to have won ten Hugo Awards. These
- awards are given at the annual World Science Fiction Convention and are the highest recognition granted
- to a science fiction artist. He has been nominated for that award an all-time record of twenty times. He
- has also won numerous other genre awards, including the NATTS's Hall of Fame in 1991. In 1994,
- STARLOG magazine included him in their prestigious list of The 200 Most Important People in Science
- Fiction and Fantasy.
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- Freas' original paintings hang in museums, universities, and private collections. His work has been the
- subject of three best-selling collections: THE ASTOUNDING FIFTIES, FRANK KELLY FREAS: THE
- ART OF SCIENCE FICTION, and A SEPARATE STAR. No other artist in science fiction has
- consistently matched his astounding record. His smooth and luminous images, amiable aliens, and sexy
- women have become part of today's science fiction landscape.
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