HARRY POTTER original art Chamber of Secrets drawing Start Price USD 350.00 Current Price USD 350.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 Location Michigan See more about 'HARRY POTTER original art Chamber of Secrets drawing' Description Harry Potter original drawing on paper measuring 11x17 inches produced for the Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets set and is handsigned by the legendary artists Greg Hildebrandt and is titled Book you cant stop reading The Brothers Hildebrandt are twin brothers who collaboratively worked as fantasy and science fiction artists. Greg Hildebrandt (born 1939) and Tim Hildebrandt (1939-June 11, 2006) began working in 1959. They are best known for their popular Lord of the Rings illustrations, painting the first Star Wars movie poster, their pinup arts and their Magic: The Gathering illustrations. Tim Hildebrandt passed away on June 11, 2006 at the age of 67. His death was due to diabetes. Throughout their careers, Greg and Tim would work together and separately and together again, winning awards, fame, and challenges as illustrators. They would create everything from their own fantasy novel, Urshurak, to the world-famous poster for Star Wars, to the best-selling calendars illustrating J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. They would also work on advertising art, classic children's books, and the covers of numerous fantasy and science fiction novels. Together they have won the coveted Gold Metal from the Society of Illustrators. Their Giant Panda Book was chosen as one of the Child Study Association of America's Children's Books of the Year in 1973. Tim won his Award of Merit at the Society of Illustrators Annual Show for the cover illustration The Children of Arabel in 1987. At the ripe old age of two, the twins would demonstrate the beginnings of their artistic talents. Their mother recalls George, their father, teaching the boys to color with crayons. He noted that before long the boys had taken the crayons away from him, and were coloring within the lines. The twins were strongly influenced by many of the great comics books of the era, especially Green Lantern, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon, Prince Valiant, Wonderwoman, Batman and Superman. Even at the age of eight, they emulated these drawings, getting their first, and often frustrating, lessons in anatomy and perspective. Greg and Tim were also captivated by other forms of fantasy: marionettes and puppets, especially Edger Bergen and Charlie McCarthy; science fiction novels and films, including Frankenstein and George Pal's classic When Worlds Collide and The War of the Worlds; and the illustrators, especially N.C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. Perhaps the biggest artistic influence was the work of Walt Disney, especially the animated features, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Fantasia. Tim has said, "Those works continue to give me inspiration, and I feel that they are, as Peter Ustinov once said, among the wonders of the world." Greg and Tim have both been asked to speak to the animation department of Disney on their use of light and color. The twins dreamed of becoming Disney animators. They began with homemade self-taught animation; this dream led them to their enrollment in Meinzingers Art School in Detroit, when they learned that all hopeful Disney animators must have some formal training. While they did not ultimately work for Disney, they would become celebrated animators and documentary film makers, winning the Golden Eagle award for Project Hope. This film was a documentary chronicling the efforts of a medical relief ship, and innovatively combined live action with animation to tell its story. In 1975, the twins, then virtually unknown as artists, burst into the world of illustration, winning the opportunity to illustrate the 1976 Lord of the Rings calendar. They went on to illustrate the Tolkien calendars for the next two years, with the 1978 calendar selling more than one millions copies -- a record. This sudden fame and exposure allowed the twins, now known as the Brothers Hildebrandt, extraordinary opportunities. They illustrated the best selling The Sword of Shanarra by Terry Brooks. For the movies, they painted a poster for a 1979 re-release of Barbarella, the 1981 fantasy film The Clash of the Titans, and the world-famous poster for the history making film Star Wars. Also, Tim created the poster for Don Bluth's animated feature The Secret of N.I.M.H. They went on to write (with friend Jerry Nichols) and illustrate the epic fantasy novel Urshurak, which featured 16 full color paintings and over 50 black-and-white illustrations -- a publishing event which reached the New York Times Bestsellers List. At this point, in 1981, the brothers separated to pursue their own individual careers, further developing their own styles and niches in illustration. Greg has had his illustrations appear on the covers and pages of several magazines, including OMNI and Heavy Metal. Verkeke, one of the largest international poster companies, has reproduced many of his images. The Franklin Mint and Lenox have issued Greg's work on collector plates, figurines, dolls, and swords. The Danbury Mint is presently testing a new religious plate series created by Greg and a plate series based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. His art has been used in advertising for ABC and Dr. Pepper. Greg's art has been licensed for such products as puzzles by American Publishing, greeting cards by Sunrise Greeting, and needlepoint canvases by Steiner Frenes in Paris, France. His images have also been reproduced on two sets of trading cards. Greg painted the cover for DC Comics' Spectre series, which was awarded DC's Cover of the Month for August, 1993. In 1984, Greg illustrated a calendar based on Mary Stewart's widely acclaimed Merlin Trilogy: The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills and The Last Enchantment. Greg has said, "Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy is a major fantasy work with a large following...I had an incredible feeling that my art had satisfied Lady Stewart when I received a letter from her and she said that her words and characters were now moving around my world." In the past twelve years, following in the tradition of many great illustrators, Greg has gone on to illustrate 15 of the classics and many fairy tales for children. The series include: The Wizard of OZ, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Robin Hood, Dracula and the Phantom of the Opera. There are over 3,500,000 copies in print of the combined titles. The New York Times has said, "Fortunate the child or adult who receives a gift of classics richly illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt." Tim went on to illustrate many calendars. He has painted five calendars for TSR: two for the Dungeons and Dragons series and three for the Realms of Wonder series. In 1984, Tim illustrated a calendar depicting Anne McCaffery's award-winning The Dragonriders of Pern series. Tim has painted the covers of numerous science fiction and fantasy magazines and books including Starlog, Amazing Stories, Alan Dean Foster's The Time of Transference, Paul Anderson's The Byworlders and Glen Cook's Dream Brass Shadow. In 1983, he collaborated with his wife Rita on The Fantasy Cookbook, featuring his paintings. Tim has recently created a porcelain Christmas Village for National Rennoc. His art was commissioned for the cover of the book The Illusion of Life by landmark Disney animators Ollie Johnson and Frank Thomas. In 1990, Tim was invited to participate in a show given by the New York Society of Illustrators, entitled The Artist and the Environment for which he painted "The Bleeding Earth." His images have been used as advertising for AT&T and Levi's, on packages of videogames, such as the Parker Bros. game based on the film Return of the Jedi, and on game boards. Recently, Tim has done illustrations for a proposed theme park based on The Wizard of Oz. After 12 years apart, The Brothers Hildebrandt reunited, continuing to pursue their individual careers as they create new work together. Their first two collaborations were a series of horror steins for Gerz, Inc., which will be used for a Budweiser promotion, and three posters for Marvel Comics depicting Captain America, The Silver Surfer, and The X-Men. They painted the complete Marvel Masterpieces Card Set which featured 158 paintings depicting the Marvel Universe. The card set was one of Fleer's best sellers of 1994. Also, the paintings were exhibited at the Alexander Gallery in New York. For this set, Non-Sports Update magazine awarded Greg and Tim their coveted "Gummy." They also painted 12 pieces for the X-Men Card Set, 13 pieces for the Spiderman Card Set, and have completed a fully painted X-Men 2099 graphic novel entitled Oasis. Greg and Tim have been at work with Michael Usian (producer of the Batman films) in bringing back the Terry and the Pirates action adventure comic strip, which has appeared in newspapers across the country. Greg and Tim are particularly thrilled about being able to work in the comic book/trading card medium after being influenced for so long by the characters, styles and artists. Greg is presently working on preproduction art with Stan Lee for an animated feature film, a hidden image puzzle book The Search For King Tut's Tomb; an oversized pop-out book on dragons and a book on Superman. Tim is presently working on a plate series, Mermaids of the Sea, a Royal Copenhagen series on Danish fairy tales and a stop animation film called Dinosaur Rag. Greg's artwork is collected by many famous people, some of whom include Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, and the owner of the WordPerfect Corporation. In February of 1993, Greg's centerfold painting "The Unexpected Party," from the 1977 Tolkien calendar, sold for $150,000. Greg's work is presently being displayed in five galleries in the United States, while Tim's is presently being displayed in three US galleries. The art of the Brothers Hildebrandt allows the fantasies and dreams of children of all ages to come true. Their work becomes the pathway leading to the written word, igniting a desire in children and adults alike to do more reading.    On Jun-30-07 at 12:04:08 PDT, seller added the following information: kirstiealley Store Place a Bid!