July 10, 2009

Psychedelic poster art

Ever wonder who drew many of those famous promotional posters for shows at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore West in the 1960s?

He was a guy named Wes Wilson. Here's a display of some of the posters.

He only drew them from February 1966 to May 1967, when he and promoter Bill Graham disagreed about compensation. I know. Who'd think an artist and his client would differ about the value of the art?

Wilson is still active at age 72; here's his website.

Posted by Linkmeister at July 10, 2009 10:19 AM | TrackBack
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