Robert McCall (1919-2010)
Robert McCall, noted space artist and illustrator, has died at the age of 90. Still working until very recently, he may be most familiar to sf fans for the dramatic poster artwork for 2001.
His style, although in some ways rather fanciful with its vapour trails and near-cloudscape nebulas, was both distinctive and very influential. McCall was very skilled at making space look like an environment rather than just a backdrop, and his work arguably inspired a generation of space advocates and hard-sf writers.
His style, although in some ways rather fanciful with its vapour trails and near-cloudscape nebulas, was both distinctive and very influential. McCall was very skilled at making space look like an environment rather than just a backdrop, and his work arguably inspired a generation of space advocates and hard-sf writers.