Thomas Canty

American artist

For the American jurist, see Thomas Canty (judge). For the Mark Twain character, see Tom Canty.

Thomas Canty

Born| 1952

Boston, Massachusetts

Nationality| American
Education| Graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Thomas Canty (born 1952) is an illustrator and book designer in the field of fantasy literature.

## Career

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Thomas Canty is credited with pioneering a style of book cover painting and design influenced by such 19th century romantic artists as Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, and the Pre-Raphaelites. His paintings are featured each year on the cover of the award-winning Year's Best Fantasy and Horror volumes, as well as on numerous other books in the fantasy field and beyond, including: Patricia Kennealy's Keltiad series.

He has worked as an art director and designer for Donald M. Grant Publisher, and collaborated on many projects with editor/author Terri Windling, such as the Fairy Tales series (Ace Books and Tor Books) and the Snow White, Blood Red series (Avon). His poem, A Monster at Christmas was published by Grant in 1985. Canty has won two World Fantasy Awards for Best Artist,[1] among other honors. His work has been exhibited at the Society of Illustrators gallery in New York, as well as in museums and galleries across the United States. He is a founding member of The Newbury Studio and a member of The Endicott Studio.

## References

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1. ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.

## External links

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* https://www.tor.com/2018/04/17/ellen-datlow-and-terri-windling-an-appreciation/

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World Fantasy Award—Artist

* Lee Brown Coye (1975)
* Frank Frazetta (1976)
* Roger Dean (1977)
* Lee Brown Coye (1978)
* Alicia Austin / Dale Enzenbacher (1979)
* Don Maitz (1980)
* Michael Whelan (1981)
* Michael Whelan (1982)
* Michael Whelan (1983)
* Stephen Gervais (1984)
* Edward Gorey (1985)
* Jeff Jones / Thomas Canty (1986)
* Robert Gould (1987)
* J. K. Potter (1988)
* Edward Gorey (1989)
* Thomas Canty (1990)
* Dave McKean (1991)
* Tim Hildebrandt (1992)
* James Gurney (1993)
* Alan M. Clark / J. K. Potter (1994)
* Jacek Yerka (1995)
* Gahan Wilson (1996)
* Mœbius (Jean Giraud) (1997)
* Alan Lee (1998)
* Charles Vess (1999)
* Jason Van Hollander (2000)
* Shaun Tan (2001)
* Allen Koszowski (2002)
* Thomas Kidd (2003)
* Donato Giancola / Jason Van Hollander (2004)
* John Picacio (2005)
* James Jean (2006)
* Shaun Tan (2007)
* Les Edwards (2008)
* Shaun Tan (2009)
* Charles Vess (2010)
* Kinuko Y. Craft (2011)
* John Coulthart (2012)
* Vincent Chong (2013)
* Charles Vess (2014)
* Samuel Araya (2015)
* Galen Dara (2016)
* Jeffrey Alan Love (2017)
* Gregory Manchess (2018)
* Rovina Cai (2019)
* Kathleen Jennings (2020)
* Rovina Cai (2021)
* Tran Nguyen (2022)

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* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

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