John Howe (Illustrator)

John Howe ( born August 21, 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia ) is a Canadian book illustrator.

Life

He is considered, along with Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith as one of the greatest illustrators of the works of JRR Tolkien.

Howe visited the college in 1976 in Strasbourg (France), but changed the very next year the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. Today he lives with his wife Fataneh - also an illustrator (including several covers for the books of Federica DeCesco ) - and his son Dana in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

In addition to many children's books he illustrated also the Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. He drew numerous Tolkien Calendar (including 1987 and 1988, in part, the complete calendar 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001 ) as well as some pictures to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the Hobbit. He worked on the production of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy as a conceptual artist.

John Howe is also an expert on weapons, armor, and everyday life in the Middle Ages, in the engine book publishing the highly acclaimed work of mercenary life appeared in the Middle Ages, on which he has worked.

His latest publication is Myth & Magic - The Art Of John Howe, published by Harper Collins.