Many artists tried to anticipate the future through their works. They show us wonderful creations, efficient machines, and a humanity fully devoted to science and technology. Many of those developments still belong to science fiction, but the illustrator and futurist Arthur Radebaugh, who worked between 1958 and 1963 for the section Closer Than We Think!, astonished readers of his time with his drawings, and leaves us speechless today.
History tells us that Radebaugh was a commercial illustrator in Detroit when he began experimenting with a much more futuristic style, something halfway between "science fiction and designs for modern life", according to his words.
The 1950s were not particularly kind to illustrators due to the spectacular advance of photography, which took the advertising world by storm in record time. However, Radebaugh was able to display all his talent in the strip Closer Than We Think! for the Chicago Tribune - New York News Syndicate.
https://old.neoteo.com/syd-mead-el-arte-del-creador-del-mundo-de-blade-runner/Radebaugh's work fell into relative obscurity after his death in 1974. The torch of futurism had passed to developments like The Jetsons and the famous Tomorrowland at Disney, which received an update in those years. But things are very different today, and we increasingly seek our nostalgia fix in drawings like those of Arthur Radebaugh. Do you want to know his predictions?
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