Trajectory
In 1949 he moved to Madrid to study artistic direction at the Institute of Cinematographic Research and Experiences of the Higher Council for Scientific Research. It begins in the illustration with weekly collaborations for the Madrid magazine Chicas, until in 1953 it was moved to Barcelona, where he established his residence, with the intention of dedicating himself definitively to graphic illustration. In Barcelona he began making advertisements for various trademarks, but immediately received orders from various Barcelona publishers carrying out illustrations and novel covers.
In 1954, he began his collaboration with the Youth editorial and with the Molino editorial to which he dedicated a good part of his professional career. From that moment on, he was able to specialize in illustrating children's stories, developing a huge and continuous work of visual updating of classic stories.
This work was also complemented by the making of covers and illustrations for youth books on Enid Blyton, Malcolm Saville and Richmal Crompton, for adventure novels of Emilio Salgari and Karl May; Western novels of Zane Gray and police novels of Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr and Erle Stanley Gardner, among many others. He also worked for other publishers such as Cervantes, Hymsa, Rome, Cid, and Timun Mas.
Strange how some of his covers are very good - particularly Mountain of Adventure, and others are so odd!
"It's the ash! It's falling!" yelled Julian, almost startling Dick out of his wits...
"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
Thanks, Pete. Yes, it is strange. I love Pablo Ramírez Díaz's covers for The Mountain of Adventure, The Rockingdown Mystery and The Rilloby Fair Mystery (even if the fair has been interpreted as a circus), and some of the others look pretty decent too. However, his cover for The O'Sullivan Twins is absolutely dire!
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
Anita Bensoussane wrote: ↑16 Dec 2022, 15:56
However, his cover for The O'Sullivan Twins is absolutely dire!
Agreed. It honestly looks like something from a B-grade horror movie!
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
I like all of them, except for the O'Sullivan Twins one. The illustrator had a bad day when he drew that one. It looks like the cover of a horror book, Carrie maybe.
---------------------------------- “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?” ― Stephen King, The Body
