Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941 in Lima, Peru) is a painter. He emigrated to the United States in 1964,
and currently resides in Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Vallejo works almost exclusively in the fantasy and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have graced the
covers of dozens of science fiction paperbacks and are featured in a series of best-selling glossy calendars. Vallejo
has also created posters for movies such as Barbarian Queen and National Lampoon's Vacation.
Subjects of his paintings are typically gods, monsters, and well-muscled male or female barbarians engaged in battle.
Some of his male figures were modeled by Vallejo himself, and many of his later female characters were modeled by his
wife (Fantasy Artist Janet Bell). His latest works still retain heavy fantasy elements, but lean more towards the erotic rather than pure fantasy themes.
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