Bob Peak: Father of The Modern Hollywood Poster
The Gallery Nucleus in Southern California is hosting an exhibition of movie poster key art created by legendary artist Bob Peak. The Bob Peak: Father of The Modern Hollywood Poster gallery show will feature over 40 of Bob Peak’s original illustrations, paintings, and a new line of limited editions prints.
Bob Peak was one of the bedrocks of classic movie poster illustration. His key art and promotional artwork for films includes West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Camelot, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Superman, and Apocalypse Now.
A one of a kind edition 40″ x 60″ print of Bob Peak’s “My Fair Lady” movie poster key art will be auctioned off at the show with the proceeds donated to the Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund.
The Bob Peak movie poster exhibition runs June 6th through June 23rd 2009 at the Gallery Nucleus, 210 East Main St, in Alhambra CA.
Wonderful art; a lost art, movie posters. The Star Trek: Motion Picture one in particular has been a favorite of mine for about 30 years.
I happen to have worked with Bob Peak and currently own 3 of his original illustrations for Star Trek (including the first one he made that is pictured above with some of his other works), I also have several dozen of his comps. I plan to put them up for auction when the time is right.
Hello Harry
No doubt great design coupled with fantastic art. Do you have any ideas of who was behind the Friday the 13th British cinema poster? It had different art to the U.S version. Thanks in advance