''This Island Earth'', 1955, movie poster painting by Klaus Dill is a painting by Movie World Posters which was uploaded on October 30th, 2022.
''This Island Earth'', 1955, movie poster painting by Klaus Dill
Base painting of the vintage movie poster for ''This Island Earth'', a classic science fiction film released in 1955, directed by Joseph M. Newman.... more
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''This Island Earth'', 1955, movie poster painting by Klaus Dill
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Base painting of the vintage movie poster for ''This Island Earth'', a classic science fiction film released in 1955, directed by Joseph M. Newman. The movie is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones. It stars Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, and Jeff Morrow in leading roles.
The story revolves around Dr. Cal Meacham (played by Rex Reason), a brilliant scientist who receives a mysterious package containing instructions for building a device called an "interocitor." Intrigued, he constructs the device and soon finds himself recruited by a secretive organization led by the enigmatic Exeter (played by Jeff Morrow).
Dr. Meacham, along with fellow scientist Dr. Ruth Adams (played by Faith Domergue), is whisked away to Exeter's hidden laboratory, where they discover that Exeter is an alien from the planet Metaluna. Exeter reveals that his planet is under threat of destruction by hostile aliens, the Zahgons, and he needs Earth's scientists to help him defend Metaluna.
As Dr. Meacham and Dr. Adams become embroiled in the conflict between Metaluna and the Zahgons, they must navigate treacherous alliances and dangerous missions to save both worlds from annihilation.
"This Island Earth" is celebrated for its imaginative alien landscapes, elaborate special effects, and thought-provoking themes about scientific curiosity, cooperation, and the potential for extraterrestrial life. Despite its initial lukewarm reception, the film has since gained a cult following and is considered a classic of 1950s science fiction cinema.
Base art is the poster artwork after the text has been digitally removed.
About the artist:
Klaus Dill's posters are powerful, bold, and energetic. Influenced by his career as a western comics illustrator, his posters also absorbed this predominant strong and adventurous spirit. Dill's painting style is realistic in depicting faces, delineated with great attention to shading, lighting, and contrasts between dark and bright tones.
However, the depiction of bodies makes his work incredibly powerful: Dill paints plastic, three-dimensional volumes. He molds his characters as if they were sculptures. Under his shaping brushstrokes, actors and actresses take on physical substance.
Klaus Dill (October 6, 1922, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany – February 19, 2002, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany) was a film poster painter and graphic designer.
Along with his two brothers and a sister, Dill grew up in the home of his grandfather, who ran a housewares shop. His father was a highly talented artist who worked in the advertising department at BASF. He encouraged and supported his son’s drawing attempts, giving him pointers and corrections. Inspired by the books he read, Dill was particularly fond of drawing cowboys and Indians of the American West.
At the age of 17, Dill enrolled at the exclusive Städelschule art academy in Frankfurt am Main. Today, the school accepts only about 20 students each year from over 500 applicants. About 75% of the students are from outside Germany.
Dill was forced to leave school in 1941 after getting drafted as a radio operator by the German army. His two brothers died in the war, while he survived after being taken prisoner by the Soviets in 1945. He returned home in 1949 to resume his studies, in spite of losing eight years of his artistic development.
He enrolled at the renowned art and design academy, Werkkunstschule (today's HfG Hochschule für Gestaltung), where his career as a painter of Western movie posters began. The German magazine Prinz called him "the German Hollywood painter."
Although Dill was a nephew of the well-known impressionist painter Otto Dill, his uncle never tutored or promoted him. By the time Otto died in 1957, Klaus had already become a recognized painter.
During Klaus’s time at the Werkkunstschule, he received his first film and book commissions, creating his first film poster for a Western in 1952. He was also commissioned by novelist Joachim Rennau to design dust jackets for his novels. In addition, he began designing covers for other books, including Zane Grey's stories.
On the 150th anniversary of German novelist Karl May in 1992, the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" newspaper called Dill "the best German western painter."
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October 30th, 2022
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