His work was a dominant force in the transition of genre book covers away from the surrealism introduced in the 1950s and 1960s back to realism. Michael Whelan is one of the most important contemporary science fiction and fantasy artists, and certainly the most popular. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Whelan in June 2009, the first living artist so honored. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries in the United States and through his website. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Michael Whelan (born 29 June 1950) is an American artist of imaginative realism.
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