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Not so long ago, joe DeleteThis @jolomo.net wrote:
 > Not so long ago, Mike Donovan wrote:
  > > Does anyone know of the name of the original painting, and the artist?
  > > Rmember. it was in a "Victorian" exhibit, so it was made over 100 years ago.

 > Is it this exhibition?
 > The Victorians: British Painting in the Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901
 > 16 February-11 May 1997

<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.nga.gov/past/data/exh726.shtm</font" target="_blank">http://www.nga.gov/past/data/exh726.shtm</font</a>>

 > That might be a start for you

One more step and I would have had it!

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://users.ev1.net/~alternity/art/desktops/Flaming_June.jpg" target="_blank">http://users.ev1.net/~alternity/art/desktops/Flaming_June.jpg</a>
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton

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joe DeleteThis @jolomo.net wrote:

 >Not so long ago, joe DeleteThis @jolomo.net wrote:

  >> Not so long ago, Mike Donovan wrote:

   >> > Does anyone know of the name of the original painting, and the artist?
   >> > Rmember. it was in a "Victorian" exhibit, so it was made over 100 years ago.
 >
  >> Is it this exhibition?
  >> The Victorians: British Painting in the Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901
  >> 16 February-11 May 1997

<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.nga.gov/past/data/exh726.shtm</font" target="_blank">http://www.nga.gov/past/data/exh726.shtm</font</a>>
 >
  >> That might be a start for you

 >One more step and I would have had it!
 >
 >http://users.ev1.net/~alternity/art/desktops/Flaming_June.jpg
 >Flaming June by Frederic Leighton

On Mike's implied question, "Did the Good Doctor take his
inspiration for that cover from the painting "Flaming June?" Not
at all likely, given the way SF cover art has worked from the
beginning of the genre. Cover art is farmed out by the publisher
to an artist - hopefully one of the ones [e.g., Kelly Freas]
specializing in SF art, and even more hopefully to one that will
actually read the book/collection and perhaps take his/her
inspiration from something actually in it - without the author
having any say in the matter. Usually, the first time an author
sees the cover of the new book is when he/she receives the
author's copies of it.

Nice painting though. Don't recall, and am too lazy to search it
out, the cover art on Robot Dreams.
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Ogden Johnson III wrote:
 > Usually, the first time an author
 > sees the cover of the new book is when he/she receives the
 > author's copies of it.

iirc Roger Zelazny introduced a short story saying they came to him w/
the artwork and asking for a story written to the picture (which in no
way is meant to contradict what you have said -usually- happens).

iirc^2 Asimov once introduced a RZ story by commenting that he (Asimov)
had all kind of advantages in life by having a name that occured early in
the alphabet and how hard it must have been for Zelazny.

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On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Richard Schultz wrote:
 >
 > The same thing happened at least twice to Asimov. "Founding Father" and
 > "The Proper Study" (both found in _Buy Jupiter and Other Stories_) were
 > written to match already existing artwork -- in the former case, IIRC, it
 > was the magazine cover.
Hmmm. Does _Buy Jupitor &OS_ include the artwork?

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Not so long ago, Ogden Johnson III wrote:
 > Nice painting though. Don't recall, and am too lazy to search it
 > out, the cover art on Robot Dreams.

It's exactly the same pose & composition

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0441731546/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5902258-3972049#reader-link" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0441731546/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5902258-3...049#rea</a>

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/misc/im/ngjune.html" target="_blank">http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/misc/im/ngjune.html</a>

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In article <20041207170516.T57200-100000.TakeThisOut@bunrab.ronnet.moc>, colonel_hack.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com wrote:

: iirc Roger Zelazny introduced a short story saying they came to him w/
: the artwork and asking for a story written to the picture (which in no
: way is meant to contradict what you have said -usually- happens).

The same thing happened at least twice to Asimov. "Founding Father" and
"The Proper Study" (both found in _Buy Jupiter and Other Stories_) were
written to match already existing artwork -- in the former case, IIRC, it
was the magazine cover.

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In article <20041207222304.E57424-100000.DeleteThis@bunrab.ronnet.moc>, colonel_hack.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:
: On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Richard Schultz wrote:

:> The same thing happened at least twice to Asimov. "Founding Father" and
:> "The Proper Study" (both found in _Buy Jupiter and Other Stories_) were
:> written to match already existing artwork -- in the former case, IIRC, it
:> was the magazine cover.

: Hmmm. Does _Buy Jupitor &OS_ include the artwork?

No, just descriptions in the introductions to the stories of what the
artwork was. Since the original publication details are given, anyone
who *really* cared could probably dig up copies of the magazines.

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joe.RemoveThis@jolomo.net wrote:

 >Not so long ago, Ogden Johnson III wrote:

  >> Nice painting though. Don't recall, and am too lazy to search it
  >> out, the cover art on Robot Dreams.

 >It's exactly the same pose & composition
 >
 >http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0441731546/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5902258-3972049#reader-link

Thanks, Joe. Ralph McQuarrie did an excellent rendition [perhaps
an homage] from the springboard of Frederic Leighton's work.
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