A Hobbit's Tale

:: Alan Lee's Lord Of The Rings Art ::

Alan Lee was born in 1947 in Middlesex, England. He studied at the Ealing school of Art. Alan Lee is the main illustrator of J.R.R. Tolkien's books "The Lord Of The Rings" for which he has painted 50 beautiful pictures in water colours. He involved himself in the creation of Peter Jackson's LOTR movie trilogy. NB : Click on the thumbnails for a full size view.

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NB : Paintings are from FOTR, TTT and ROTK.

Lee's classically romantic style is influenced by artists from the turn-of-the twentyth century like Arthur Rackman and Charles Robinson. He painted the jackets of the three volume set "The Lord Of The Rings", which was re-issued in 1987, and the covers of the mutli-volume "The History Of Middle Earth". Alan Lee was chosen to illustrate the 1200 pages edition of "The Lord Of The Rings" which was released for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tolkien. He also did all new illustrations for the 1993 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar and a new edition of "The Hobbits" in 1997.

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