Schleinkofer, David
Entry updated 8 June 2025. Tagged: Artist.
(1951-2025) US illustrator who studied at the Philadelphia College of Art in Pennsylvania (now The University of the Arts) and began to publish work of genre interest with his cover for Ballantine's The Fog Maiden (1976) by Jane Toombs, followed in the same year by Philip K Dick's The Preserving Machine (coll 1976). He was chosen to create the cover of Tomorrow and Beyond: Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art (graph anth 1978) edited by Ian Summers, a selection which includes four of his previous cover paintings. His slick and distinctive airbrushed style appeared on more than 70 sf/fantasy titles until the 1990s. [DRL]
David F Schleinkofer
born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 29 January 1951
died 20 April 2025
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