Tolkien illustrators

Tolkien illustrators or Tolkien artists depict subjects from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium of Arda, in which The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion are set, and on rare occasion from his children's stories. 
For thorough browsing, see the categories Artists of Tolkien Mythology and Art of Tolkien Mythology.
Maureval  •  Turner Mohan  •  Darrell Sweet  •  Venlian  •  Anna Lee  •  Raoul Vitale  •  Michael HerringXavier Collette  •  Kimberly80  •  Steamey  •  Ben Wootten  •  Līga Kļaviņa  •  Jan Pospisil  •  RittereArtAaron & Shannon Long  •  Mathia Arkoniel  •  Robert Zigo  •  Yanick Dusseault  •  Roger KupelianBilly Mosig  •  C.K. Göksoy  •  Anna Kulisz  •  Nick Deligaris  •  TolmanCotton  •  Antonio VinciGabriel Midgley  •  Maximilian Meinzold
==Overview==
Initially, Middle-earth art by persons other than J.R.R. Tolkien was stimulated by The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, released in the 1960s and 70s, before extending to The Silmarillion and other primary literature as they were published from the late 1970s onward. Pauline Baynes might be considered the first formal "Tolkien illustrator", as Tolkien chose her to make cover art for his works Farmer Giles of Ham (1949), The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962), Smith of Wootton Major (1967), and Tree and Leaf (1964). Illustrator Roger Garland was mentored once by Christopher Tolkien in depicting Tolkien's world, and his art was used on early releases of Unfinished Tales (1982) and parts of The History of Middle-earth.
Some publications of The Lord of the Rings, prior to the 2000s, had cover art by various artists such as Barbara Remington, Michael Hague, and Darrell Sweet. A great many Tolkien illustrators (beginning with Tim Kirk and the Brothers HildebrandtTolkien Calendar 2023, Introduction) first attained visibility through Tolkien-related calendars, published by Unwin Paperbacks or Ballantine Books from 1972 to 1994, and then by HarperCollins, continuing even today. Alan Lee and John Howe had contributed to some of these calendars before their art reached higher prominence through their involvement in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films at the end of the 1990s. In addition, many younger Tolkien artists (e.g. Daniel Falconer, Warren Mahy, Ben Wootten, Yanick Dusseault) were recruited by Weta Workshop to help portray the high variety of creatures, characters, locations, items, weapons and armor to be seen in the films, producing hundreds of sketches, paintings, and sculptures.
Presently, many productive Tolkien artists, spanning multiple generations, have galleries of Middle-earth depictions on the online communities Artstation and DeviantArt, if not on their own personal website.
==Books showcasing Tolkien art==
This excludes books concerning J.R.R. Tolkien's own art.
*Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth
*Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth
*The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt
*The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook
*A Middle-earth Traveler: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor
*The Hobbit Sketchbook
*The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic
*The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
*The Art of The Two Towers
*The Art of The Return of the King
*Greg and Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkien Years
*Middle-earth: Visions of a Modern Myth
*Middle-earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend
==See also==
*Tolkien scholars
*J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator
*Tolkien Calendar 2023
==References==
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