Richard Clifton-Dey was a British artist.

He started painting in the 1960s and was one of the most highly respected of British illustrators during the 1970s and into the 1980s. Much of his work was for book covers, either for science fiction, fantasy, action-adventure war books, romances, or gothic horror (with some interesting forays into advertising). His cover artwork was used for the Lord Tyger

Lord Tyger

Lord Tyger is an American novel by Philip José Farmer. Originally released in 1970, the book is a metafictional pastiche of one of Farmer's favorite subjects, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan.-Plot summary:...

 novel by Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories....

 in 1974 and reused in 1985. The Dorian Hawkmoon series by Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock

Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....

 was issued featuring Richard Clifton-Dey cover art in 1977. The French publishing company Fleuve Noir released several paperbacks from 1981 to 1987 with his artwork.

Along with other well-known artists of his day (Jim Burns

Jim Burns

Jim Burns is a Welsh artist born in Cardiff, Wales.In 1966 he joined the Royal Air Force, but soon thereafter he left and signed up at the Newport School of Art for a year's foundation course....

, Chris Foss

Chris Foss

Christopher "Chris" F. Foss is a British artist and science fiction illustrator. He is best known for his science fiction book covers and the black and white illustrations for the original editions of The Joy of Sex....

 and others), his work was featured in "Heroic Dreams" (Paper Tiger UK 1987).

Richard Clifton-Day died in 1997. Today he is a highly collectible artist known mostly for western and sci-fi subjects. As in many cases of artwork produced for book covers, most artwork by Clifton-Dey is not signed. Provenance for all works not signed by the artist is attested by his widow.

Artworks

• "Le pont de la rivière Kwaï" by Pierre Boulle
  Pierre Boulle
  Pierre Boulle was a French novelist largely known for two famous works, The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes .-Biography:...
  
   (1961)
• "Le Loup De Badenoch" by Joseph E. Chipperfield (1961)
• "Contes et légendes de Wallonie" by Max Defleur (1962)
• "Contes et légendes d'Ecosse Quinel" by Ch. & A. De Montgon (1963)
• "Recits Tirés Du Theatre Grec - Contes et Légendes De Tous Les Pays" by G. Chandon (1963)
• "Stories of Greece and the Barbarians" by Laura Orvieto (1966, 1969)
• "Récits tirés du théâtre grec" G. Chandon (1967)
• "Legends of Britain" by S. Clot, Ch. Quinel and A. De Montgon (1968, 1969) (together with Gaston De Sainte-Croix)
• "Hound Dog Man" Western Pulp Fiction by J. T. Edson (1969)
• "Swords of the Barbarians" by Kenneth Bulmer
  Kenneth Bulmer
  Henry Kenneth Bulmer was a British author, primarily of science fiction.-Life:Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and were divorced in 1981...
  
   (1970)
• "Almuric" by Robert E. Howard
  Robert E. Howard
  Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....
  
   (1971)
• "Carson of Venus
  Carson of Venus
  Carson of Venus is the third book in the Venus series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs wrote the novel in July and August 1937. It was serialized in 1938 in six weekly installments from January 8 to February 12 in Argosy, the same publication where the previous two Venus novels appeared...
  
  " by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  Edgar Rice Burroughs
  Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
  
   (1971, 1973)
• "Agent of Chaos" by Norman Spinrad
  Norman Spinrad
  Norman Richard Spinrad is an American science fiction author.Born in New York City, Spinrad is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. In 1957 he entered City College of New York and graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree as a pre-law major. In 1966 he moved to San Francisco,...
  
   (1972)
• "The Divided Rose" by Jean Evans (1973)
• "The Small Assassin" by Ray Bradbury
  Ray Bradbury
  Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...
  
   (1973)
• "John Carter of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1973)
• "The Wizard of Venus
  The Wizard of Venus
  The Wizard of Venus is a novella by Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as the title of a collection in which it was later published together with an unrelated story. "The Wizard of Venus" is the final story in Burroughs's Venus series . Written in 1941, the piece remained unpublished until 1964,...
  
  " by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1973, 1975)
• "Lost on Venus
  Lost on Venus
  Lost On Venus is the second book in the Venus series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was first serialized in Argosy in 1933 and published in book form two years later.-Copyright:...
  
  " by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1974)
• "Cashelmara" by Susan Howatch
  Susan Howatch
  Susan Howatch is an English author. Her writing career has been distinguished by family saga-type novels which describe the lives of related characters for long periods of time...
  
   (1974)
• "The Masters of Bow Street" by John Creasy (1974)
• "Lord Tyger
  Lord Tyger
  Lord Tyger is an American novel by Philip José Farmer. Originally released in 1970, the book is a metafictional pastiche of one of Farmer's favorite subjects, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan.-Plot summary:...
  
  " by Philip José Farmer
  Philip José Farmer
  Philip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories....
  
   (1974, 1985)
• "Nobody on the Road" Geoffrey Rose (1974)
• "A Clear Road to Archangel" by Geoffrey Rose (1975)
• "The Swiss Arrangement" by William Fairchild (1975)
• "Operation Nuke: The Second Cyborg Book" by Martin Caidin
  Martin Caidin
  Martin Caidin was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.Caidin wrote more than 50 books, including Samurai!, Black Thursday, Thunderbolt!, Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38, Zero!, The Ragged, Rugged Warriors, A Torch to the Enemy and many other works of military history...
  
   (1975)
• "The Love Warrior" by Alan Lacey (1975)
• "Count Brass" Michael Moorcock
  Michael Moorcock
  Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
  
   (1975)
• "Armageddon 2419 AD" by Philip Francis Nowlan
  Philip Francis Nowlan
  Philip Francis Nowlan was an American science fiction author, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers.-Career:...
  
   (1976)
• "Mystery of the Ancients: Early Spacemen and the Mayas" by Eric & Craig Umland (1976)
• "Keegan: The No-Option Contract" by Brian Ball (1976)
• "The White Dacoit" by Berkely Mather
  Berkely Mather
  Berkely Mather was a British author who published fifteen novels and a book of short stories. He also wrote for radio, television and the movies....
  
   (1976)
• "The Fatal Friends" (Series The Killers #4) by Klaus Netzen (aka Laurence James)
• "Pearl of Blood" (Series The Killers #5) by Klaus Netzen (aka Laurence James) (1975)
• "Silent Enemy" (Series The Killers #7) by Klaus Netzen (aka Laurence James) (1976)
• "The Safe House" by Jon Cleary
  Jon Cleary
  Jon Stephen Cleary was an Australian author.-Biography:Cleary was born in Erskineville, Sydney. He wrote many books, among them The Sundowners , a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High Commissioner , the first of a long series of popular...
  
   (1976)
• "The Hill of the Dead" (The Eagles #1) by Andrew Quiller (aka Kenneth Bulmer) (1976)
• "The Land Of Mist" (The Eagles #2) by Andrew Quiller (aka Kenneth Bulmer) (1976)
• "City Of Fire" (The Eagles #3) by Andrew Quiller (aka Kenneth Bulmer) (1976)
• "Sea of Swords" (The Eagles #5) by Andrew Quiller (aka Kenneth Bulmer) (1976)
• "Dream Chariots" by Manning Norvil (aka Kenneth Bulmer) (1977)
• "The Cave Girl" by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1977)
• "The Navigator" by Morris West
  Morris West
  Morris Langlo West AO was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate , The Shoes of the Fisherman , and The Clowns of God . His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide...
  
   (1977)
• "A Sound of Lightning" by Jon Cleary
  Jon Cleary
  Jon Stephen Cleary was an Australian author.-Biography:Cleary was born in Erskineville, Sydney. He wrote many books, among them The Sundowners , a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High Commissioner , the first of a long series of popular...
  
   (1977)
• "The Dawn Attack" by Brian Callison
  Brian Callison
  Brian Callison is a UK novelist known for his best-selling thrillers and sea stories. Born in Manchester, England in 1934, he was educated at the High School of Dundee, and went to sea at the age of 16 as a midshipman with the Blue Funnel Line, sailing aboard cargo ships between ports in Europe...
  
   (1977)
• "All Over the Town" by R. F. Delderfield
  R. F. Delderfield
  Ronald Frederick Delderfield was a popular English novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read.-Childhood in London and Surrey:...
  
   (1977)
• "The Jewel in the Skull: The History of the Runestaff
  The History of the Runestaff
  The History of the Runestaff is an omnibus collection of four fantasy novels by Michael Moorcock, consisting of The Jewel In The Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, The Sword Of The Dawn, and The Runestaff...
  
  , Book 1" by Michael Moorcock
  Michael Moorcock
  Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
  
   (1977)
• "The Mad God's Amulet: The History of the Runestaff, Book 2" by Michael Moorcock (1977)
• "The Sword Of The Dawn: The History of the Runestaff, Book 3" by Michael Moorcock (1977)
• "The Runestaff: The History of the Runestaff, Book 4" by Michael Moorcock (1977)
• "Masters of the Pit" by Michael Moorcock (1978)
• "Summoned to Darkness" by Anne-Marie Sheridan (1978)
• "The Long Summer" by Alan White
  Alan White (novelist)
  Alan White is an English novelist and journalist. He used his experiences as a Second World War commando leader in his writings. He also wrote using the names "Alec Haig", "James Fraser" and "Alec Whitney". His novel The Long Day's Dying was made into a 1968 film directed by Peter Collinson...
  
   (1978)
• "Bagatelle" by Maurice Denuziere (1978)
• "Memoirs of the First Baroness" by Lucinda Baker (1978)
• "The Adventuress" by Daoma Winston (1978)
• "Mills of the Gods" by Daoma Winston (1979)
• "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
  Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
  Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick about a genetically enhanced pop singer and television star who loses his identity overnight. The story is set in a futuristic dystopia, where America has become a police state after a Second Civil War. The novel...
  
  " by Philip K. Dick
  Philip K. Dick
  Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
  
   (1979)
• "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1927 novel by the mysterious German-English bilingual author B. Traven, in which two penurious Americans of the 1920s join with an old-timer, in Mexico, to prospect for gold...
  
  " by B. Traven
  B. Traven
  B. Traven was the pen name of a German novelist, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and details of biography are all subject to dispute. A rare certainty is that B...
  
   (1980)
• "The Immortals of Science Fiction by David Wingrove
  David Wingrove
  David Wingrove is a British science fiction writer. He is well-known as the author of the Chung Kuo novels . He is also the co-author of the three Myst novels....
  
   (1980)
• "Threshold" (aka "The Beginning Place") by Ursula K. Le Guin
  Ursula K. Le Guin
  Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
  
   (1982, 1986)
• "The Orphan" (Book of the Beast #1) by Robert Stallman (1982)
• "The Captive" (Book of the Beast #2) by Robert Stallman (1982)
• "The Beast" (Book of the Beast #3) by Robert Stallman (1983)
• "Jubal Cade 21: The Violent Land" by Charles R. Pike (aka Terry Harknett
  Terry Harknett
  Terry Harknett is a British author. He is author of almost 200 books, mostly pulp novels in the western and crime genres. He has written as a ghostwriter for Peter Haining and under an array of pseudonyms, including George G. Gilman, Joseph Hedges, William M. James, Charles R. Pike, Thomas H...
  
  ) (1983)
• "Wasteworld 1: Aftermath" by James Barton (1983)
• "Wasteworld 2: Resurrection" by James Barton (1983)
• "Wasteworld 3: Angels" by James Barton (1984)
• "Wasteworld 4: My Way" by James Barton (1984)
• "Greensight" by Angela Shackleton-Hill (1984)
• "Rebel in Time
  A Rebel in Time
  A Rebel in Time was written by Harry Harrison in 1983 and is a science fiction novel.-Plot:It centers around a racist colonel, Wesley McCulloch and his black pursuer, Troy Harmon...
  
  " by Harry Harrison
  Harry Harrison
  Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! , the basis for the film Soylent Green...
  
   (1984, 1986)
• "Hardacre's Luck" by C. L. Skelton (1985)
• "Menace under Marswood" Sterling E. Lanier
  Sterling E. Lanier
  Sterling Edmund Lanier was an American editor, science fiction author and sculptor who published as both Sterling Lanier and Sterling E. Lanier. He is perhaps known best as the editor who championed the publication of Frank Herbert’s bestselling novel Dune.-Life:Lanier was born in New York City...
  
   (1985)
• "The Unforsaken Hiero" (Book 2 in the Hiero Series) by Sterling E. Lanier (1985)
• "Master of Morholm" by Timothy Wilson (1986)
• "Greenleaf" by Chloe Gartner
  Chloe Gartner
  Chloe Gartner was an American novelist; her full married name was Chloe Maria Gartner Trimble. Born in Troy, Kansas, Gartner grew up mostly in Texas. She also lived in Kentfield, California for a period of time with her daughter. Gartner was once a full-time assistant to the San Francisco...
  
   (1986)
• "Gods of Riverworld" by Philip José Farmer
  Philip José Farmer
  Philip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories....
  
   (1986)
• "Heroic Dreams" by Nigel Suckling (1987)
• "Bounce The Rhine: The Greatest Airborne Operation in History" by Charles Whiting
  Charles Whiting
  Charles Whiting , was a British writer and military historian and with some 350 books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms including Duncan Harding, John Kerrigan, Klaus Konrad and Leo Kessler.Born in the Bootham area of York, England, he was a...
  
   (aka Leo Kessler) (1987)
• "Operation Northwind: The Unknown Battle of the Bulge" by Charles Whiting (1987)
• "Our Living Earth: An Exploration in Three Dimensions" by Gillian Osband (1987)
• "Our Working Earth" by Gillian Osband (1987)
• "Riding in Motion: A Three-Dimensional Guide to Horses for Young People" by Janet Horwood and Jonathan Biggs (1988)
• "Riding in Motion: Pop-up Book" by Janet Horwood (1988)
• "Kindred Spirits" by June Barraclough (1988)
• "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers
  Tim Powers
  Timothy Thomas "Tim" Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare...
  
   (1988)
• "Monsters" by Isaac Asimov
  Isaac Asimov
  Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...
  
  , Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
   and Charles G. Waugh (1989)
• "Space: A Three-Dimensional Journey" by Brian Jones (1991)
• "The Heart of the Rose" by June Barraclough (1994)
• "Vallamont" by Pamela Gayle (1994)
• "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
  Charlotte Brontë
  Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards...
  
  (1999)
• "The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" by (Editor) George Mann (2001)

External links

• Covers of Fleuve Noir Publications (France)
• Richard Clifton-Dey

Sources

Used book stores