Spectrum Award for Grand Master

Spectrum Grand Master Award
Awarded forThe best in contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and horror artwork.
Presented bySpectrum Fantastic Art
First awarded1995
Websitehttp://spectrumfantasticart.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

The Spectrum Award for Grand Master was awarded annually from 1995 to 2019 by the Spectrum Fantastic Art Advisory Board, which now appears to be defunct.

A Grand Master, as Arnie Fenner (SFA Advisory Board member) has explained, is an artist who has worked for at least twenty years at a consistently high level of quality; who has influenced and inspired other artists; and who has left his or her mark on the field as a whole. "Craft alone" he writes, " is not sufficient to receive the honor: There are many painters who produce solid professional work. But (and this is the key) it fails to resonate. It is admired in the moment and immediately forgotten. A Grand Master's art, on the other hand, gets stuck in the viewer's heart and memory.[1]

Arnie Fenner also states "At the time of the designation is given the artist must be living. Recently, two GM honorees died prior to the announcement --Al Williamson and Ralph McQuarrie-- which confused a few people, but...both were still with us when the Board bestowed the honor."[2]

Winners

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2019 Donato Giancola Spectrum 26 Ref Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 6 - Kansas City, MO
2018 Claire Wendling Spectrum 25 Brookledge Theater - Los Angeles, CA
2017 Bill Sienkiewicz Spectrum 24 Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 5 - Kansas City, MO
2016 Mike Mignola Spectrum 23 Society of Illustrators - New York City, NY
2015 Scott Gustafson Spectrum 22 Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 4 - Kansas City, MO
2014 Iain McCaig Spectrum 21 [3] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 3 - Kansas City, MO
2013 Gerald Brom Spectrum 20 [4] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 2 - Kansas City, MO
2012 James Gurney Spectrum 19 [5] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live - Kansas City, MO
2011 Ralph McQuarrie Spectrum 18 [6]
2010 Al Williamson Spectrum 17 [7]
2009 Richard Corben Spectrum 16 [8]
2008 John Jude Palencar Spectrum 15 [9]
2007 Syd Mead Spectrum 14 [10]
2006 Jeffrey Jones Spectrum 13 [11]
2005 H. R. Giger Spectrum 12 [12]
2004 Michael Whelan Spectrum 11 [13]
2003 Michael William Kaluta Spectrum 10 [14]
2002 Kinuko Y. Craft Spectrum 9 [15]
2001 Jean Giraud Spectrum 8 [16]
2000 Alan Lee Spectrum 7 [17]
1999 John Berkey Spectrum 6 [18]
1998 James Bama Spectrum 5 [19]
1997 Diane Dillon & Leo Dillon Spectrum 4 [20]
1996 Don Ivan Punchatz Spectrum 3 [21]
1995 Frank Frazetta Spectrum 2 [22]
1994 No Award Spectrum 1
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References

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  1. ^ Fleskes, John (2014). Spectrum 21: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art. Flesk Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-933865-58-4.
  2. ^ "Grand Master post by Arnie Fenner on Muddy Colors".
  3. ^ "Spectrum 21 Awards List".
  4. ^ "Tor.com 2013 Spectrum Award Winners".
  5. ^ "GM post by Arnie Fenner Muddy Colors".
  6. ^ "GM post by Arnie Fenner Muddy Colors".
  7. ^ "Locus Index 2010 Spectrum Awards".
  8. ^ "Locus Index 2009 Spectrum Awards".
  9. ^ "Locus Index 2008 Spectrum Awards". Archived from the original on 2010-09-18.
  10. ^ "Locus Index 2007 Spectrum Awards".
  11. ^ "Locus Index 2006 Spectrum Awards".
  12. ^ "Locus Index 2005 Spectrum Awards".
  13. ^ "Locus Index 2004 Spectrum Awards". Archived from the original on 2010-09-18.
  14. ^ "Locus Index 2003 Spectrum Awards".
  15. ^ "Locus Index 2002 Spectrum Awards".
  16. ^ "Locus Index 2001 Spectrum Awards".
  17. ^ "Locus Index 2000 Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
  18. ^ "Locus Index 1999 Spectrum Awards".
  19. ^ "Locus Index 1998 Spectrum Awards".
  20. ^ "Locus Index 1997 Spectrum Awards".
  21. ^ "Locus index 1996 Spectrum Awards".
  22. ^ "Locus Index 1995 Spectrum Awards".
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