Drew
Struzan, born in 1947, graduated with honors from the prestigious
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN. Drew first gained reputation as staff
artist at PACIFIC EYE AND EAR, Los Angeles, illustrating album covers
such as Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare, voted one of the top
100 Album Covers of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Over the following eight years, as the house artist at PENCIL PUSHERS,
INC., Los Angeles, Struzan developed his now-famous style of One Sheet
art. In 1982, Drew left PENCIL PUSHERS’ employment for a solo career
that has earned him continuing accolades and increasing recognition
as one of the most recognized masters of the Cinema Art medium today.
In 1995-1997, Drew’s art was exhibited in a series of One Man Shows
throughout Japan, accompanied by a highly successful limited edition
program based on his One Sheet art for Lucas and Spielberg movies.
In 1999, the NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE (Massachusetts)
featured an exhibit of over sixty-five pieces of his work, entitled
"Drew: Art of the Cinema." Currently, Drew’s highly collectable work
is held in similar esteem as and sold along side such American art
masters as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, and J.C. Leyendecker.
With over twenty-five years experience and more than a hundred movie
campaigns under his belt, Drew’s noteworthy credits include Raiders
of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones
and the Last Crusade, Back to the Future I, II and III, the re-release
of the Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace –the list
goes on and on.
