Paul R. Alexander (September 3, 1937 – June 14, 2021) was an American commercial artist and illustrator.[1][2][3] In a career spanning from 1976–1998, he specialized in creating art for the covers of science fiction paperbacks and occasionally magazines.[2] He was usually credited as Paul Alexander, but occasionally as Paul R. Alexander.[2]
Alexander was born on September 3, 1937, in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana,[1][2][3] the son of Fred and Ora Olive Alexander.[1] He graduated from Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio, in 1967, and also studied at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles.[3] He was "one of the top science fiction paperback cover artists of the 1970s and '80s."[3] His career as a commercial artist on the East Coast spanned from 1976–1998.[3][1] He was also a model train collector.[1] Alexander died on June 14, 2021, at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville, Ohio. He was survived by a brother and sister-in-law, niece, and nephew.[1]
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Vincent Di Fate, fellow science fiction illustrator and a historian of the field, grouped Alexander together with Dean Ellis, Christopher Foss and John C. Berkey as "gadget" artists, "adept at painting futuristic hardware."[3]
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