Background
Di Fate was born in Yonkers, New New York
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The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate
( From images in black and white to inventive gadgets, th...)
From images in black and white to inventive gadgets, the golden age of SF film, and pictures from the flying saucer era, these paintings capture the range of Hugo Award-winner Vincent Di Fate’s achievements. More than 100 color artworks complement a vigorous, vivacious text by the artist himself. Space chases, futuristic supermen, machines born of dreams or nightmares, and more: each illustration is a voyage of the imagination.
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Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art
(With over 500 colour illustrations selected and assembled...)
With over 500 colour illustrations selected and assembled with text detailing the history and evolution of the genre, this is the most comprehensive book on science fiction art and the diversity of styles and approaches that this art form encompasses.
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Infinite Worlds : The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art by Vincent Di Fate (1997-10-01)
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By Vincent Di Fate - Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art (1997-10-31) Hardcover
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Vincent Fate
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He studied at the Phoenix School of Design in New York City and received his Master of Arts in Illustration at Syracuse University.
Career
He was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011. He broke into speculative fiction pulp magazines with illustrations for three different stories in the August 1969 issue of Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, edited by John West. Campbell, and did his first cover illustration for the November issue. Di Fate calls his 1997 book Infinite Worlds "the first comprehensive history of science fiction art in America".
Di Fate"s Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware, (1980) /0-89480-126-0 (pbk)
Infinite Worlds, (1998)
The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate, (2002).
Achievements
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Di Fate won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention (for 1978 work) and was nominated ten times from 1972 to 19085. Foreign his lifetime contributions he won the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (the Skylark) from the New England Science Fiction Association in 1987 and the Chesley Award from the fantasy and science fiction artists in 1998. He also won the Frank R. Paul Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Fiction Illustration (1978) and the Lensman Award for lifetime contribution in 1990 and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 Worldcon. He won the Rondo at the 2003 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror for his work on the Monster-Mania Convention Program Cover.
Works
book
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Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art
(With over 500 colour illustrations selected and assembled...)
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The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate
( From images in black and white to inventive gadgets, th...)
- Infinite Worlds : The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art by Vincent Di Fate (1997-10-01)
- By Vincent Di Fate - Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art (1997-10-31) Hardcover
- Infinite Worlds : The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art
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Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art
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United States
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Hugo Award; the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award; Locus Award Di Fate won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention (for 1978 work) and was nominated ten times from 1972 to 19085. For his lifetime contributions he won the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (the Skylark) from the New England Science Fiction Association in 1987 and the Chesley Award from the fantasy and science fiction artists in 1998. He also won the Frank R. Paul Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Fiction Illustration (1978) and the Lensman Award for lifetime contribution in 1990 and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 Worldcon. He won the Rondo at the 2003 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror for his work on the Monster-Mania Convention Program Cover. The Locus are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California.; The Hugo are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.Hugo Award; the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award; Locus Award Di Fate won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention (for 1978 work) and was nominated ten times from 1972 to 19085. For his lifetime contributions he won the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (the Skylark) from the New England Science Fiction Association in 1987 and the Chesley Award from the fantasy and science fiction artists in 1998. He also won the Frank R. Paul Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Fiction Illustration (1978) and the Lensman Award for lifetime contribution in 1990 and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 Worldcon. He won the Rondo at the 2003 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror for his work on the Monster-Mania Convention Program Cover. The Locus are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California.; The Hugo are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.