Roger Hane

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Roger Hane
Born	1939 Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	1974 New York, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Field	illustration
Works	Chronicles of Narnia paperback covers, The Tripods paperback covers
Awards	Artist of the Year (1974), the New York Artists Guild

Roger Hane (1939-1974) was an illustrator of paperback books, commercial advertising campaigns, and record albums, known for his surreal, fanciful art.

During his eleven-year professional career, Hane produced over three hundred illustrations. He painted the covers of the Collier-Macmillan editions of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia books, as well as such Simon & Schuster publications as Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan and A Separate Reality. He also created artwork for Avon Books, E.P. Dutton Company, and Collier Books.

Among his many magazine clients were Ladies Home Journal, Life, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, New York magazine, Redbook, The Lamp, Look, Vista, and Playboy.

Hane also contributed work to such advertising clients as Formica, Slyvania Bulbs, De Beers Diamonds, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Inc., and he designed a number of record album covers for RCA, Columbia Records, and Philadelphia International Records.

Mr. Hane was posthumously awarded the New York Artist Guild’s Artist of the Year Award in 1974, and his work was featured in the Society of Illustrators’ 1977 publication.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected bibliography 2.1 Book covers and inside illustrations 2.2 Book covers only 3 External references

[edit] Biography

Hane was was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania and grew up in Bradford's Third Ward. He graduated from Bradford High School in 1956. He studied at the Maryland Institute of Art, and graduated from the Philadelphia Museum School of Art with a degree in advertising design in 1961. In 1963, he was hired to do a full-page illustration for Esquire magazine; he moved to New York in 1965. He married Elaine Miller in 1964. Hane died in New York City at age 36 as a result of a robbery and beating in Central Park.

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Book covers and inside illustrations

• Mohawk, The Life of Joseph Brant, by John Jakes (Crowell-Collier)
• The Bible Smugglers, by Louise A. Vernon (Herald Press)

[edit] Book covers only

• Addie Pray (later retitled Paper Moon to tie in with the movie adaptation), by Joe David Brown (Simon & Schuster)
• A Separate Reality, by Carlos Castaneda (Simon & Schuster)
• Journey to Ixtlan, by Carlos Castaneda (Simon & Schuster)
• The Teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui Way of Knowledge, by Carlos Castaneda (Simon & Schuster)
• The Tripods, by John Christopher (Collier)
  • The White Mountains
  • The City of Lead and Gold
  • The Pool of Fire
• The Narnia Chronicles, by C. S. Lewis (Collier-Macmillan)
  • The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Prince Caspian
  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  • The Silver Chair
  • The Horse and His Boy
  • The Magician's Nephew
  • The Last Battle

[edit] External references

• Peter H. Falk, Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America. Sound View Press, 1999.
• Walter Reed and Roger Reed, The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration. The Society of Illustrators, 1984.