Robert Bonfils (American illustrator)
Robert Bonfils Born 1922 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Nationality American Education Kansas City Art Institute Art Institute of Chicago Known for Painting; illustration Robert Bonfils (born 1922) [1] [2] is an American illustrator, known for his covers for erotic, pulp fiction paperbacks. Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External links Biography Robert Bonfils was born in 1922 in Kansas City [2] and grew up there. After finishing high school, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute, where Thomas Hart Benton was among the teachers. In his classes were future artists like Bill and Jim Teason, Jackson Pollock, and others. [2] After doing his service in the army, Bonfils moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. [3] His first job was at the art agency of Stevens/Hall/Biondi, from where he emerged as professional commercial artist and a paperback cover painter. He started doing covers and illustrations for children's books, covers for...