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Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, known as the Brothers Hildebrandt (born January 23, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan), are American twin brothers who worked collaboratively as fantasy and science fiction artists for many years. They produced illustrations for comic books, movie posters, children's books, posters, novels, calendars, advertisements, and trading cards. Tim Hildebrandt died in June 2006.〔 ==Career== Greg and Tim Hildebrandt began painting professionally in 1959 as the Brothers Hildebrandt. They are best known for their popular ''The Lord of the Rings'' calendar illustrations,〔 painting the first bilingual ''Star Wars'' film poster,〔(Star Wars Bilingual poster ), at FilmPosters〕 illustrating comics for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, original oil paintings for a limited edition of Terry Brooks's ''The Sword of Shannara'',〔(The Art of The Brothers Hildebrandt )〕 and their ''Magic: The Gathering'' and ''Harry Potter'' illustrations for Wizards of the Coast. With co-author Jerry Nichols, the Hildebrandt brothers created the 1979 fantasy novel ''Urshurak''. Greg Hildebrandt, Jr. also made major contributions to the production of a book entitled ''Greg & Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkien Years'',〔''(Greg And Tim Hildebrandt, The Tolkien Years )'', Google Books〕 which gave an overview of the Tolkien genre artworks produced by Greg and Tim in the 1970s. Individually, Greg is also known for his contributions to the art for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's albums and concert merchandise. He also provided the cover art for Black Sabbath's ''Mob Rules'' album. He started his American Beauties pinup art in 1999. Tim Hildebrandt illustrated children's books, two ''Dungeons & Dragons'' calendars, and the poster for the film ''The Secret of NIMH''; his art was also used in advertising by AT&T and Levi's.〔 Tim was also Associate Producer of the horror-themed science fiction film, ''The Deadly Spawn''.〔(The Deadly Spawn Homepage )〕 Tim Hildebrandt died on June 11, 2006 at the age of 67 due to complications of diabetes.〔 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「Brothers Hildebrandt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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