John Berkey Passes

**Irene Gallo** · April 30th, 2008, 09:09 PM

John Berkey passed away last night, after a long illness. I wish I had the eloquence to say say what Berkey has done for SF art as a genre and illustration as whole. Taking a look at these boards, and others like them, it is clear that he is a direct influence on what is going on right this minute with today's young artists...It's as if the art world has just caught up with him.

**Elwell** · April 30th, 2008, 09:15 PM

Damn.

**Kamikazebob** · April 30th, 2008, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Elwell

Damn.

Ditto.

**Cthogua** · April 30th, 2008, 09:26 PM

OMG

John Berkey has been a favorite of mine since before I even knew who he was. His cover of "Our Universe" captivated me beyond words as a child. Its kinda weird, but over the last couple of days I've been going around the web making a folder of his paintings for study...that kinda freaks me out alittle.

sad news

**el coro** · April 30th, 2008, 10:30 PM

ouch. what a loss. may he rest in peace.-c36

**tensai** · April 30th, 2008, 10:43 PM

may he chill out on the front deck of a galactic cruiser...

**DavePalumbo** · April 30th, 2008, 10:48 PM

sad news

**kev ferrara** · April 30th, 2008, 10:50 PM

The man who proved that science fiction could be fine art. He will be sorely missed.

**dbclemons** · May 1st, 2008, 08:42 AM

Rest in peace. His art will live on and inspire generations to come.

**Kian** · May 1st, 2008, 10:24 AM

Absolutely gutted. Rest in peace John.

**Mikko K** · May 1st, 2008, 11:34 AM

He was certainly one of the greats. Rest in peace.

**kingshaj** · May 1st, 2008, 04:05 PM

his analog covers may be why i got interested in art.

he will be sorely missed ...its a cliche but he was a true original
space impressionism!

sad sad news.

**Jabo** · May 1st, 2008, 05:37 PM

It's so sad. He's been one of my favourites and I have dozens of his paintings. His style is unmatched.

**James Kei** · May 2nd, 2008, 04:04 PM

Sad day indeed.
R.I.P.

**Jasonwclark** · May 2nd, 2008, 07:53 PM

John Berkey has been a favorite of mine since before I even knew who he was. His cover of "Our Universe" captivated me beyond words as a child.

One of my all time favorite books. I used to stare at that thing for hours at my grandparents house.

**nonie** · May 3rd, 2008, 12:19 AM

!!!!!!! I only recently found out about this guy too. Such amazing work. This is too sad

**dbclemons** · May 3rd, 2008, 09:45 AM

Check out the books "Painted Space" and "The Art of John Berkey." Painted Space has short paragraphs written by him about each painting, mostly his great spaceship designs. There's more art and info in the other one.

**S.C. Watson** · May 3rd, 2008, 10:19 AM

I missed this thread

I think I'd rather I hadn't have seen it. Too many icons falling away lately, it seems.

~Shane

**davi** · May 3rd, 2008, 01:04 PM

loved his work...

i remember getting some big book that was an atlas to space, it had his work on the cover i believe and really fueled a ton of my youth's imagination.