Boris Valeggio: pictures in the genre of "erotic fantasy"

This article will introduce you to the work of a famous fantasy artist whose style is characterized by a special image of the beauty of the human body. The author's name is Boris Valeggio. Pictures created by him are popular in many countries of the world.

About the artist

According to the rules of the Spanish language, his surname (Vallejo) is pronounced "Vallejo", but in English and Russian one can meet the pronunciation of "Valeggio" and "Valejo".

By origin the artist is a Peruvian. He was born in 1941 in Lima. He started drawing at thirteen years old, and achieved such results that by the age of sixteen he had received his first job in this field. Then within five years he successfully studied at the National Academy of Arts of Peru, graduating with a medal.

When he was 23 years old, he moved to the United States. Working in publishing houses, he gradually developed his own style. Now the artist is a citizen of the United States and lives in Pennsylvania. Boris Valeggio has four children, and all are in one way or another connected with art: painting, illustration or photography. The artist was married twice. The current wife - Julia Bell - is also an artist in the fantasy genre, and often acts as a model for his paintings. The couple have a joint website with a gallery of their works, available for viewing as well as for online shopping.

What draws Boris Valeggio

The paintings of this author are easily recognizable, and not only by the signature signature "Boris", placed in the corner of the canvas. The peculiarity of style lies in the fact that it is placed on the first place of creativity - the image of a beautiful and strong human body, female or male.

Athletic builds of heroes and heroines, dressed in a minimum of clothes or armor, appear in almost all works. Like any vivid creativity, they have gained both faithful love and fierce criticism. Ill-wishers noted the improbability and excessive eroticism of the images, emphasizing that the real characters of fantasy worlds could not dress like this. But, no matter what, fans of the genre continue to love what Boris Valeggio draws . The pictures of this author express the triumph of the physical beauty of people over the world of ugly demons, with whom heroes and heroines are fighting.

Interesting work

His first successful project was an illustration to a series of books about Tarzan. Attention is also drawn to the cooperation with the famous comic book publisher Marvell. However, his real vocation Valeggio found in the creation of covers first for books in the genre of "fantasy", and then - and a variety of films. Among the popular projects are: "Queen of Barbarians", "Knights on wheels", "Barbarella" and "European holidays". He also painted a number of advertising posters. The artist produced his works in more than a dozen illustrated albums, the last of which were released in 2005-2006.

Not only among ordinary lovers of drawing is popular Boris Valeggio. The paintings of his authorship were often highly appreciated by art critics, and one of the works, The Amazon Princess and Her Pet, was awarded the prestigious British Fantasy Award-1979.

Pop culture and Boris Valeggio

Fantasy with a bias in eroticism - this style has come to the liking of very many, and not only lovers of invented worlds. Peruvian illustrations began to decorate amateur sites, music CD covers, T-shirts and a variety of souvenir products. Often images were used illegally, which is not very good, but once again shows the enormous popularity of paintings.

The artist Boris Valeggio, who creates in the style of "erotic fantasy", is very popular in many countries due to the courage of his imagination and the talented embodiment of images.