« Skaven Warriors », c. 1988 by David Gallagher (Scottish artist) Illustration from "Warhammer Armies" by Nigel Stillman & friends, #GamesWorkshop, #CitadelMiniatures, 1991 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #WFB #DavidGallagher #TTRPG #wargaming #oldhammer #warhammer #miniatures

« Vermischte Gegenstände III », 1801 by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (German artist, 1747-1822) Plate from "Bilderbuch für Kinder", 1806 1 Giant bird Roc / 2 Basilisk / 3 Phoenix / 4 Boramez / 5 Dragon #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #FriedrichJustinBertuch #mythologicalfantasy

« Vermischte Gegenstände II », 1801 by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (German artist, 1747-1822) Plate from "Bilderbuch für Kinder", 1806 1 Harpy / 2 Grifffin / 3 Satyr / 4 Titan / 5 Seahorse / 6 Nereid #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #FriedrichJustinBertuch #mythologicalfantasy

« Vermischte Gegenstände I », 1801 by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (German artist, 1747-1822) Plate from "Bilderbuch für Kinder", Weimar, 1806 1 Centaur / 2 Chimera / 3-4 Sphinx / 5 Gryllus / 6 Siren #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #FriedrichJustinBertuch #mythologicalfantasy

« Only the things that man had left behind withstood the test of time... », c. 1983 by Hayao Miyazaki (Japanese master, born 1941) Watercolor from "Shuna's Journey" (Shuna no Tabi), 1983 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #hayaomiyazaki #ShunasJourney #ShunaNoTabi

« Rolf », 1975 by Richard Corben (American artist, 1940-2020) Cover illustration for the first French edition of "Rolf" comics series, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #RichardCorben #Rolf #LesHumanos #LesHumanoidesAssocies

« Party 2000 », 1977 by Syd Mead (American designer and painter, 1933-2019) Original oil painting (Courtesy Estate of Syd Mead) #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SydMead #retroFuturism #scienceFantasy #spaceFantasy

« Gaulois en vue de Rome » (The Gauls in front of Rome), c. 1860 by Evariste-Vital Luminais (French painter, 1821-1896) Oil on canvas, 73x100 cm, musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #EvaristeVitalLuminais #gauls #historicFantasy

« The Undying Wizard », c. 1976 by Jeffrey Catherine Jones (american master, 1944-2011) Cover illustration for "The Undying Wizard", by Andrew L. Offutt, Zebra Books, 1976 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JeffJones #JeffreyCatherineJones #SwordAndSorcery #CormacMacArt

...surgissant d'une sépulture innommable, la créature fait irruption. « SPECTRE », version colorisée, 2015 Leo Hartas (ill. anglais, né en 1964) Le Tombeau du Vampire Dragon d'Or №1 Dave Morris, 1985 #livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #livresjeu #jdrsolo #dragondor #leohartas #goldendragon

« Harald Hammerstorm duels Grombrindal the White Dwarf », c. 2006 unsigned but generally attributed to Alex Boyd Illustration for Warhammer Fantasy Battle 7th Ed, #GamesWorkshop, 2008 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #AlexBoyd #HarrytheHammer #Grombrindal #warhammer #whitedwarf

« The Lichemaster », c. 1986 by Ian Miller (British artist, b. 1946) Cover illustration for "Terror of the Lichemaster", #Warhammer Fantasy Battle campaign, by Rick Priestley, #GamesWorkshop, 1986 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #gothicFantasy #IanMiller #Lichemaster #warhammer

« Transit To Scorpio », 1974 by Christos Achilleos (British artist, 1947-2021) Cover for "TRANSIT TO SCORPIO: Dray Prescot #1", by Alan Burt Akers, aka #KennethBulmer, London: Futura/ Orbit, 1974 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #ChrisAchilleos #DrayPrescot #alanburtakers

« Ambush», 1981 by John Howe (Canadian illustrator, born 1957) Cover illustration for French magazine "Métal Hurlant" (finally unpublished work) #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JohnHowe #goblins #orcs #metalhurlant

« Gollum », 1973 by Rodney Matthews (British artist, b. 1945) Original painting, features in "In Search of Forever" artbook, Paper Tiger Books, 1985 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #RodneyMatthews #gollum #hobbits #middleearth #jrrtolkien #lotr #lordoftherings #frodo

« Fate Sowing the Stars », 1977 by Barry Windsor-Smith (British illustrator, born 1949) Original oil painting, features in ”The Studio" artbook, Dragon's Dream, 1979 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #barrywindsorsmith #bws #mythologicalfantasy #TheStudio #DragonsDream

« DD 18 Untitled », 1977 by Bernie Wrightson (American illustrator, 1948-2017) Original acrylic, features in ”The Studio" artbook, Dragon's Dream, 1979 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #berniewrightson #BerniWrightson #fantasyLandscape #TheStudio

« Ayisha », 1975 by Mike Kaluta (American artist, b. 1947) Original ink and watercolor. Features in "The Studio", Dragon's Dream, 1979 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MikeKaluta #TheStudio

« The Struggle With Apollyon », c. 1898 by George Woolliscroft Rhead (English ill., c. 1854-1920) Illustration from "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan (1628-1688), New York : The Century Co. , 1898 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #sciencefantasy #GeorgeRhead #ArtNouveau

« Jirel de Joiry », 1993 by Philippe Cazaumayou, aka Caza (French artist, b. 1941) Cover illustration from "De Metal et de Chair" artbook, La Sirène, 1994 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #sciencefantasy #PhilippeCaza #Caza #jirelofjoiry #CLMoore #swordandsorcery

« Le Trophée du Major », c. 1990 by Moebius (French illustrator, 1938-2012) Original acrylics painting after "Major Fatal - Le Garage Hermétique", French comics series, 1975-1995. #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #jeangiraud #moebius #MajorFatal #MajorGrubert #LeGarageHermetique

« Wizard and Dragon, Round 2! », c. 1992 by Jeff Easley (american artist, born 1954) Original pen & ink sketch after AD&D "Dungeon Master's Guide" 2nd edition cover illustration. #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #jeffeasley #adnd #dungeonsanddragons #roleplaying #ttrpg #frpg

Le cabochon du jour par Iain McCaig (ill. américain, né en 1957) Le Labyrinthe de la Mort #DéfisFantastiques n°6 Ian Livingstone, Puffin Books 1984, Gallimard 1985 #livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #fightingfantasy #IainMcCaig #IanLivingstone #DeathtrapDungeon #livresjeu #gamebooks #PuffinBooks

« Nikita Kozhemiyaka and the dragon », 1962 by Nikolaï Mikhaïlovitch Kochergin (Russian artist, 1897-1974) Russian postcard representing bogatyr "Nikita the Tanner", from Ukrainian folk tale «Мики́та Кожум'я́ка» #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #kochergin #bogatyr #slavicfolktales

« El Viyi », 1973 by Esteban Maroto (Spanish illustrator, born 1942) Cover illustration of "Les Nuits de l'Epouvante", Histoires Fantastiques, Dargaud, 1976 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #EstebanMaroto #horrorFantasy #psychedelicFantasy #witch #bruja #viyi

« Yragaël, ou, La Fin des Temps », c. 1973 by Philippe Druillet (French comics artist, b. 1944) Cover illustration for French magazine "Pilote" n° 965, Demuth & Dom, March 1973 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #psychedelicFantasy #darkFantasy #PhilippeDruillet #Yragael #UrmLeFou

« Dark Knight », 1994 by Mike Ploog (american designer, born 1940 or 1942) Plate from "Moonshadows - The Mike ploog Sketchbook - vol. 1", First Edition , 1998 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #mikeploog #darkfantasy #swordandsorcery #weirdfantasy #humourfantasy

« Toi : La Mandragore », 1980 by Philippe Caza (French artist, b. 1941) Illustration from "Mandragore" short comics story, in "Pilote" magazine n°78 bis, November 1980 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #sciencefantasy #PhilippeCaza #Caza #Mandragora

La couverture du jour... « Les Trafiquants de Kelter » Par Terry Oakes (artiste gallois) Défis Fantastiques №15 Andrew Chapman, 1985 #livresdontvousetesleheros #LDVELH #livresjeu #jdrsolo #fightingfantasy #gamebooks #terryoakes #defisfantastiques #TheRingsOfKether

« In the Very Thick of Battle », c. 1990 by Russ Nicholson (Scottish artist, 1953-2023) Illustration from "Warhammer Armies" by Nigel Stillman & friends, #GamesWorkshop, #CitadelMiniatures, 1991 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #WFB #RussNicholson #TTRPG #wargaming #oldhammer

« Bard and Smaug », 1989 by Henri Galeron (French illustrator, b. 1939) Cover illustration for the French edition of "Bilbo Le Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien, Le Livre de Poche, 1989 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #henrigaleron #JRRTolkien #bilbo #hobbit #bard #smaug #dragon #esgaroth

« Slann Emperor Mazdamundi and warriors », c. 1988 by John Blanche (British artist, b. 1948) Illustration from "Warhammer Armies" by Nigel Stillman & friends, #GamesWorkshop, #CitadelMiniatures, 1991 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #WFB #JohnBlanche #TTRPG #wargaming #oldhammer

« Dwarf Warriors », c. 1990 by Dave Andrews (painter & sculptor, ?-?) Illustration from "Warhammer Armies" by Nigel Stillman & friends, #GamesWorkshop, #CitadelMiniatures, 1991 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #WFB #DaveAndrews #TTRPG #wargaming #figurinebattles #oldhammer

« A Diamond Mine », c. 1867 by Édouard Riou (French painter, 1833-1900) Illustration from "Voyage au Centre de la Terre", by Jules Verne, J. Hetzel Editeur, 1867 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #edouardriou #julesverne #journeytothecentreoftheearth #engraving

« The Dead Tree », c. 1990 by Mike Mignola (US comics artist, b. 1960) Back cover illustration for "Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser", Epic Comics, 1990 After Fritz Leiber's Swords series #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MikeMignola #FritzLeiber #Fafhrd #GrayMouser #Lankhmar #Nehwon

« CoC Character Figures », 1981 by Lisa A. Free (American illustrator) Illustrations for "Call of Cthulhu 1st ed." rulebook by Sandy Petersen, Chaosium Inc., 1981 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #LisaAFree #FRPG #TTRPG #Chaosium #CallOfCthulhu #CoC #Cthulhu #roleplayinggames

« Assassin of Gor », 1971 by Christos Achilléos (British artist, 1947-2021) Cover illustration for "Assassin of Gor ", by John Norman, Star Books Paperback, 1973 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #ChrisAchilleos #JohnNorman #Gor #AssassinOfGor

« Returning Home », c. 1979 by Timothy White (British artist, 1952-2020) Illustration from "La Science-Fiction et le Fantastique de TIM WHITE", AMP, 1981 Also in Tim White 1994 FPG Fantasy Art Trading Card TCG CCG #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TimWhite #dragons #dragonsnest

« La Grande Statue », c. 1982 By Darlene (American illustrator, born 1954) Illustration for D&D Module B3 "Palace of The Silver Princess" (French edition only), TSR, 1983 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #ad&d #dungeonsAndDragons #Darlene #frpg #ttrpg #PalaceofTheSilverPrincess

« Dans les Entrailles du Château Fou », 1983 uncredited artist Advert illustration for "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Cartridge", for #Mattel #Intellivision, in French videogames magazine Tilt #7, Oct. 1983 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #ADnD #VGRPG #FRPG #dungeonsAndDragons

« The Legions of Hell », 1996 by Wayne Douglas Barlowe (American artist, born 1958) Inspired by Dante Alighieri and John Milton's visions of Hell. From "Barlowe's Inferno", Morpheus, 1998 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #WayneBarlowe #Inferno #DanteAlighieri #JohnMilton #Hell

« Siegfried mit dem getöteten Drachen », 1889 by Hans Thoma (German artist, 1839-1924) Watercolor on paper, 33,8 x 36,5 cm #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HansThoma #siegfried #fafnir #nibelungen #norsemythology #ScandinavianMythology #artnouveau

« Crazy Horse », 1977 by Frank Brunner (American artist, b. 1949) In "After Image - The art of Frank Brunner (The Brunner Mystique vol. 2)" portfolio, 1978 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #darkFantasy #FrankBrunner

« Great War Rhino », 2003 by Bob Eggleton (American illustrator, born 1960) Cover illustration for "Jaws of Darkness", 5th volume of Harry Turtledove's "Darkness" series, Tor, 2003 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #BobEggleton #HarryTurtledove #jawsofdarkness

Another sad news. R.I.P. Hermann (Belgian artist, July 17, 1938 - March 22, 2026) Hermann Huppen, aka Hermann, Belgian comic book author and creator of the post-apocalyptic series « Jeremiah » passed away on March 22, 2026. #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #Hermann #jeremiah

Illustration by John Bauer for "Guldnycklarna" (The golden keys) by W.E. Björk in "Bland tomtar och troll" (Among gnomes and trolls), 1915

« Beowulfs Sieg über Grendel », 1890 by Hermann Vogel (German artist, 1854-1921) Engraving from "Deutsche Heldensagen" (German Heroic Sagas), Gustav Schalk, Neufeld & Henius, Berlin, 1891 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HermannVogel #beowulf #grendel #anglosaxonmythology

« Where The Heck Am I Now ? », 1993 by Sam Kieth (American master, Jan. 11, 1963 - March 15, 2026) Full page drawing "The Maxx #1, Image Comics, March 1993 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SamKieth #maxx #themaxx #imageComics

« Bones of the Brown Man », 1981 by John Buscema (American master, 1927-2002) Cover sketch for "King Conan" #9, Marvel Comics, March 1982 Pen & ink on bristol, 9.75" x 15" #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JohnBuscema #conan #conanTheBarbarian #REHoward #kingConan #MarvelComics

« We Are Legion », 1986 by John Blanche (British artist, b. 1948) Cover illustration for "The Skeleton Horde", #Warhammer PBS1 plastic miniatures #GamesWorkshop, 1986 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JohnBlanche #TTRPG #wargaming #miniaturepainting #oldhammer #CitadelMiniatures