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Jim Warren (born November 24, 1949, in Long Beach, California) is an American artist best known for record album and book cover illustrations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 About Jim Warren )〕 He has worked in surrealistic fantasy since about 1969. Warren has illustrated more than two hundred book covers for such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Robin Cook and Clive Barker. He also produced album cover illustrations for Prince and Alice Cooper, and movie posters for ''Phantasm'', ''Night of the Living Dead'' (the remake), ''Waxwork'', and others. His work has also been featured on numerous magazine covers, including ''Twilight Zone'' and ''Heavy Metal Magazine''. He has collaborated on paintings with marine life artist Wyland,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Universal encompassment )〕 artist Michael Godard, and Walt Disney Studios.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Out and about in North Pinellas )〕 A self-taught artist, Warren uses traditional oil paint and brushes on stretched canvas.〔 ==Early life and career== Warren was born in Long Beach to Don and Betty Warren, and began painting as a child. His choice of an artistic career path was made in high school.〔 In 1981, his work came to national attention when his cover illustration for Bob Seger's ''Against the Wind'' won the Grammy Award for Best Album Package.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wyland Gallery Opens In Sayville )〕 Warren's painting ''Sexual Explosion'' (1976) was banned from public exhibition during the 1970s; in 2011 it was named the "Most Famous Nude Painting" since the nudes of Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Amedeo Modigliani. It placed number 4 in "Top 10 Most Famous Paintings in the Art World," based on Google Images information and research. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Warren (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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