Joseph Wirt Tillotson Explained

Joseph Wirt "Robert Fuqua" Tillotson
Other Names:Robert Fuqua
Birth Name:Joseph Wirt Tillotson
Birth Date:January 30, 1905
Birth Place:Greenville, Mississippi, US
Death Date:September 1, 1959 (aged 54)
Resting Place:Greenville, Mississippi, US
Occupation:Pulp artist/illustrator
Spouse:Marian Tillotson

Joseph Wirt Tillotson (1905–1959) was a pulp painter and illustrator who used the name Robert Fuqua in his works.

Biography

Joseph Wirt Tillotson was born January 30, 1905, in Greenville, Mississippi to parents William Wirt Tillotson and Belle Fuqua Oursler. Between 1938 and 1951, Tillotson painted an estimated 80 covers for the pulp magazine Amazing Stories.[1] Between 1949 and the late 1950s, he illustrated stories for Our Bible in Pictures published by David C. Cook.[2]

He married Marian Tillotson, a sociology professor at the University of Chicago. They had no children. Tillotson died of liver cancer on September 1, 1959.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schelly, William. Otto Binder The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary. North Atlantic Books. 2016. California. 60. English.
  2. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tillotson_joseph_wirt.htm Lambiek