Frazetta Painting Sells For $1.5 Million

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jul 23rd 2010 at 10:01PM

Fantasy art from the 1970s doesn't generally fare too well in the art world but the recent sale of a 1971 painting by famed artist Frank Frazetta might change that. Frazetta's "Conan the Destroyer" has sold for $1.5 million, two months after the Pennsylvania artist's death. A private collector bought the painting from a family trust. It is believed to be the highest price ever paid for a Frazetta. Frazetta's illustrations of Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan, flying dragons and a whole host of warriors, wizards and sorceresses have appeared on countless comic books, album covers and movie posters. In the last few years his children have been fighting over his estate, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars. The family feud made news last year when Frank Frazetta Jr. used a backhoe to try to break into the artist's museum in the Pocono Mountains and liberate some of the art. The Frazetta Museum sells prints of many of the artist's works for $10 each.

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J Jul 24th 2010 1:51AM

"Fantasy art from the 1970s doesn't generally fare too well in the art world"

But this is a Frazetta. It would be like saying "53-year-old cars aren't usually anyone's first choice to drive," and then reporting on the sale of a '57 Chevy Bel Air. Frazetta more or less created this entire style.

merrykriten Jul 24th 2010 2:41AM

awesome painting i admire this painting and i would like to pry for this painting that it grow in whole world....

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carlfarmerey Jul 24th 2010 5:37AM

I totally agree. I love both, but Vallejo's are so detailed that the subject seems frozen and lifeless. Frazetta leaves some of the details to your imagination, creating life and movement.
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