Spectrum Award for Grand Master explained

Spectrum Grand Master Award
Awarded For:The best in contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and horror artwork.
Presenter:Spectrum Fantastic Art
Year:1995

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

2019 Donato Giancola Spectrum 26 RefSpectrum Fantastic Art Live 6 - Kansas City, MO
2018Claire WendlingSpectrum 25Brookledge Theater - Los Angeles, CA
2017Bill SienkiewiczSpectrum 24Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 5 - Kansas City, MO
2016Mike MignolaSpectrum 23Society of Illustrators - New York City, NY
2015Scott GustafsonSpectrum 22Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 4 - Kansas City, MO
2014 Iain McCaigSpectrum 21[3] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 3 - Kansas City, MO
2013Gerald BromSpectrum 20[4] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 2 - Kansas City, MO
2012James GurneySpectrum 19[5] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live - Kansas City, MO
2011Ralph McQuarrieSpectrum 18[6]
2010Al WilliamsonSpectrum 17[7]
2009Richard CorbenSpectrum 16[8]
2008John Jude PalencarSpectrum 15[9]
2007Syd MeadSpectrum 14[10]
2006Jeffrey JonesSpectrum 13[11]
2005H. R. GigerSpectrum 12[12]
2004Michael WhelanSpectrum 11[13]
2003Michael William KalutaSpectrum 10[14]
2002Kinuko Y. CraftSpectrum 9[15]
2001Jean GiraudSpectrum 8[16]
2000Alan LeeSpectrum 7[17]
1999John BerkeySpectrum 6[18]
1998James BamaSpectrum 5[19]
1997Spectrum 4[20]
1996Don Ivan PunchatzSpectrum 3[21]
1995Frank FrazettaSpectrum 2[22]
1994No AwardSpectrum 1

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fleskes, John. Spectrum 21: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art. Flesk Publications. 2014. 978-1-933865-58-4. 15.
  2. Web site: Grand Master post by Arnie Fenner on Muddy Colors.
  3. Web site: Spectrum 21 Awards List.
  4. Web site: Tor.com 2013 Spectrum Award Winners.
  5. Web site: GM post by Arnie Fenner Muddy Colors.
  6. Web site: GM post by Arnie Fenner Muddy Colors.
  7. Web site: Locus Index 2010 Spectrum Awards.
  8. Web site: Locus Index 2009 Spectrum Awards.
  9. Web site: Locus Index 2008 Spectrum Awards. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100918222720/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Spectrum12008.html. 2010-09-18.
  10. Web site: Locus Index 2007 Spectrum Awards.
  11. Web site: Locus Index 2006 Spectrum Awards.
  12. Web site: Locus Index 2005 Spectrum Awards.
  13. Web site: Locus Index 2004 Spectrum Awards. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100918222710/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Spectrum12004.html. 2010-09-18.
  14. Web site: Locus Index 2003 Spectrum Awards.
  15. Web site: Locus Index 2002 Spectrum Awards.
  16. Web site: Locus Index 2001 Spectrum Awards.
  17. Web site: Locus Index 2000 Award Winners. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019015326/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Spectrum12000.html. 2012-10-19.
  18. Web site: Locus Index 1999 Spectrum Awards.
  19. Web site: Locus Index 1998 Spectrum Awards.
  20. Web site: Locus Index 1997 Spectrum Awards.
  21. Web site: Locus index 1996 Spectrum Awards.
  22. Web site: Locus Index 1995 Spectrum Awards.

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