Bob Peak – Camelot

Still in movie poster mode and continuing on from Mondo here’s short but sweet entry focusing on another of my personal favourites that I’d filed for posting and then – as is often the case – completely forgotten about.

The art in question is from Bob Peak. An wonderful example of fantastical, illustrative master-craftsmanship. This was produced for the 1966 big screen musical adaption of Arthurian myth and legend.

Despite starring possibly one of Ireland’s finest ever exports the late, great Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave the movies is not regarded as a classic. However, the promotional artwork with it’s strong Gustav Klimt overtones almost certainly is!

Renowned American Illustrator Bob Peak (May 30, 1927 – August 1, 1992) made a name for himself after working on the poster for the classic 1961 musical West Side Story and upon this initial success Peak’s career took flight eventually spanning 25 years and more.

Within this time frame Peak became pretty much the Hollywood’s default first choice, responsible for creating iconic artwork for classics like Rollerball and Apocalypse Now, so then it’s pretty much fair to say he also redefined the genre along the way.

Star Trek fans will also be familiar with Peak’s work for it was he that created all promotional art for the first 6 Star Trek Movies.

You can read a more about Bob Peak here on Wikipedia.