HYDE PARK BOOKS
			JAMES AVATI
		Probably no other paperback illustration style has had more imitators than that developed by James Avat, frequently championed as the "Father of Paperback Art", or the "Rembrandt of Paperbacks.". His first cover, done in 1948 at the request of the famous Kurt Enoch at New American Library, was Signet 706, Last of the Conquerors. Several more illustrations followed for Signet re-issues of books originally covered by Robert Jonas. About a year later, he moved over to Bantam. He attempted in his covers to convey not simply a scene from the book, but a sense of what the overall book was about, its tone, its theme. To achieve this goal, he read and re-read each book before starting on the task of illustration. His models were...
		Avati Continued with more covers