Artist Ed Emshwiller (1925-1990) was born today, February 16. He signed his work Emsh.

Emshwiller was best known for his covers for Galaxy in the 1950s and for F&SF in the early sixties. That’s one of my favorites there ont he left. He also did a series fo Christmas covers for Galaxy. Mush of his work for Galaxy had a a whimsical flavor to it.

His covers for F&SF and other magazines tended to be more serious and even dark at times.

In the 1970s his interests moved to film. Here are som of his covers.