John Alvin
Artist, Visual Artist
1948 – 2008
Who was John Alvin?
John Henry Alvin was an American cinematic artist and painter who illustrated some of the world's most recognizable movie posters. Alvin created movie posters, which are also known as key art, for over 135 films over the course of his career, beginning with the poster for Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles in 1974. His style of art for his posters became known as Alvinesque by friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry.
Alvin's work included the movie posters for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, The Color Purple and Gremlins. He also created the anniversary posters for Star Wars.
John Alvin also created numerous masterpieces in Disney Fine Art, which are highly collected and considered extremely valuable.
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- Born
- Nov 24, 1948
Hyannis - Also known as
- John Henry Alvin
- Spouses
- Andrea Alvin
(1971/05/29 - 2008/02/06)
- Andrea Alvin
- Children
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Art Center College of Design
Graduation
( - 1971)
- Art Center College of Design
- Lived in
- Hyannis
- Died
- Feb 6, 2008
Rhinebeck
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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