Contemporary Artist: John Alvin

John Alvin

John Henry Alvin was a known for Graphic Designing. Alvin used to create memorable pictures for movies, posters, billboards and also advertisements. John Alvin was born on the 24^th of November in 1948 in Hyannis in Massachusetts and died at the age of 59 years old on the 6th of February in the year of 2008 and he was found dead in his own home in Rhinebeck on a Wednesday in New York. Alvin died with the cause of a heart attack. John Henry Alvin’s parents’ names are Albert and Rena Troutman Alvin, in which both of his parents worked at the Army Officers. Alvin’s wife is Former Andrea Brown, and he met his wife in an Art School, in the back days he used to work with his wife and they had lots projects. Alvin wasn’t a lonely child; he had a sister called Suzanne Alvin in which they both worked together as well. John Alvin also had a daughter in which him and his wif

e Suzanne named her Farah Alvin, his daughter Farah was also in the industry, she was and actress, she lived in Manhattan. Alvin made his studies at the College of Design in Los Angeles, in California, he finished his studies and then afterwards he graduated in 1971. Alvin as a celebrity he was mostly mentioned and also had discussions about him about his movie posters. There are some of his mostly known and famous posters, which are; ET, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Lord of the Rings

and also including these is the Anniversary Posters of Star Wars. Alvin as an Artist designed over 130 film posters, in which he managed and took charge of these posters himself. He had a 35 year career. Although Alvin didn’t live a long life he made the best out of it. In his work John Alvin showed a lot of enthusiasm , as he gave his all into his works, in his posters there was shown a lot of emotions and his posters where graphically designed quite well. His posters were eye catching; many people loved his posters especially young children, in which young children were always attracted to these posters. John Alvin worked for projects of many artists, which include; Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Bla

ke Edwards, Mel Brooks and also Ridley Scott. Alvin when he had done his projects he gave his all in these projects, he gave his 100% in all of the working projects. A lot of well-known directors used to recommend and suggest John Henry Alvin to a lot, almost all of the Walt Disney Posters, the posters include; Aladdin, Beauty and The Beast, The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio, Snow-white and The Seven Dwarfs. Because Alvin’s works where out of this world and truly original, directors used to use Alvin as an adjective and by this his friends and colleagues used to call him Alvinesque.  Alvin back in the days, he used to sketch parts of scenes from the movies like; ‘The Vikings’ and ‘The Time Machine’. Alvin not long ago painted posters for series of Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings, and also including is Pirates of The Caribbean. Alvin Also did works for Anthony Goldschmidt, who is a director who works in Hollywood. This led him to make a huge project in which it led him to paint a poster for Mel Brooks’ comic ‘Blazing Saddles’. 

References:

• art-profiles.com Art & Technology > Graphic Designers's Albums - John Alvin. 2013. art-profiles.com Art & Technology > Graphic Designers's Albums - John Alvin. [ONLINE] Available at: http://art-profiles.com/art-and-technology/79-art-technology-graphic-designers/albums/197-john-alvin.html. [Accessed 17 May 2013].
• Kevin: John Henry Alvin, the Michael Jordan of movie posters | iowa graphic design. 2013. Kevin: John Henry Alvin, the Michael Jordan of movie posters | iowa graphic design. [ONLINE] Available at: http://iowagraphicdesign.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/kevin-john-henry-alvin-the-michael-jordan-of-movie-posters/. [Accessed 17 May 2013].
• John Alvin, Designer of Memorable Film Posters, Is Dead at 59 - New York Times. 2013. John Alvin, Designer of Memorable Film Posters, Is Dead at 59 - New York Times. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/movies/11alvin.html?_r=0. [Accessed 17 May 2013].