Monday, May 11, 2020

Tim White (1952 – 2020)

Tim White - Cover for ‘The Mask of Cthulhu’ by August Derleth, Grafton Books, 1987Cover for ‘The Mask of Cthulhu’ by August Derleth, Grafton Books, 1987

Tim White - New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, 1988New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, 1988

Tim White - HP Lovecraft Omnibus 3, The Haunter of the DarkH.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3, The Haunter of the Dark

Tim White - The Trail of Cthulhu, 1988The Trail of Cthulhu, 1988

Tim White - H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1, At the Mountains of Madness, Grafton Books, 1985H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1, At the Mountains of Madness, Grafton Books, 1985

Tim White - HP Lovecraft Omnibus 2, Dagon and other Macabre TalesH.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2, Dagon and other Macabre Tales

Tim White - Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, 1988Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, 1988

Tim White - Devil's DreamDevil's Dream

Tim White - Marion Zimmer Bradley's Star of Danger, 1994Marion Zimmer Bradley's Star of Danger, 1994

Tim White - Cover art for Christopher Priest's novel, The Space Machine, Pan Books, 1981 Cover art for Christopher Priest's novel, The Space Machine, Pan Books, 1981

Tim White - Cover art for The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber series), alternative paperback cover, 1986Cover art for The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber series), alternative paperback cover, 1986




"Artist Tim White, 68, died April 6, 2020 after a long period of poor health. White was a prolific SF cover artist from the ‘70s through the ‘90s.
 
Timothy Thomas Anthony white was born April 4, 1952 in Erith, Kent, England. He studied art at the Medway college of Design, and subsequently worked in advertising for two years. He began doing cover paintings for New English Library and Science Fiction Monthly, and illustrated works by authors including Piers Anthony, Robert A. Heinlein, Bruce Sterling, E.C. Tubb, and A.E. van Vogt. He was nominated for six British Science Fiction Association Awards for Best Artist from 1981-86, and won in 1983. He largely retired from painting around 2000 due to health problems. White’s work was collected in The Science Fiction and Fantasy World of Tim White (1981), Chiaroscuro (1988), and Mirror of Dreams (1994). Mouches  (1983) is a wordless graphic novel." - quote source

A complete bibliography of White's work can be found at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

1 comment:

Robin said...

Thank-you for posting this. I've been an admirer of Tim White's work for a long, long time, so it's very sad to read of his passing. I'm amazed that collections of HP Lovecraft's stories remain in print in the UK with White's covers some 35 years after they first appeared!