Issac Asimov pictures perhaps?

[Teawiththequeen]

Does anyone recognise these pictures? They look they are maybe from an asimov book cover? Found in charity shop today ☺

Would love.to find out more. They have an F in a shield shape.in the bottom corner? Clue?
Best wishes, April

 

[dask]

The F could stand for artist Chris Foss.

 

[Ursa major]

Could the artist have been Frank Frazetta?


EDIT: I think dask has the correct answer.

EDIT2: In fact, the first image is the cover of Science Fiction Art "with illustrations by Chris Foss".

 

[Teawiththequeen]

Wow! That's great, thanks to you both. They really are fab pictures, I love them.

 

[hitmouse]

agree these are Foss.

 

[Teawiththequeen]

Been having a look at all his work. I was interested to see that he's not a reader or fan of science fiction and that he rarely if ever read the books he designed the covers for, just did them from his imagination.

 

[hitmouse]

Foss, with his distinctive and influential style, became very dominant in SF book covers in the late 1970s (at least in the UK) and then went rapidly out of fashion.

 

[Teawiththequeen]

I wonder how I could find out when these were done? Looking at these prints and frames my guess is that they are at least 40 plus years old

 

[Droflet]

Google the image???

 

[dask]

This one at least was Asimov.