Dispatch #424: Ramon Ameijide TV Guide Covers

 

Bonanza & The Beverly Hillbillies 

As a TV-obsessed kid, I always looked forward to the day each week (usually Thursday) when the latest issue of TV Guide magazine arrived in the mail.

The cover style varied from week to week: sometimes photographs were used, other times sketches, paintings, or collages.

Among the talented artists employed by the magazine: LeRoy Neiman, Peter Max, Bob Peak, Jack Davis, Al Hirschfeld, Ronald Searle, Charles Addams, Richard Amsel and Ramon "Raymond" Ameijide.

The Waltons & Barney Miller

Ameijide used layered pieces of paper or felt to create 3D images. In his work for TV Guide, the artist employed this technique for cast portraits of popular shows such as Bonanza, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Waltons, Barney Miller, M.A.S.H. and The Love Boat.

M.A.S.H. & The Love Boat

His colorful 3D art graced TV Guide covers for twelve years—from 1969 to 1981, including two festive Christmas images.

Ameijide's Christmas covers from 1974 and 1981.

New Jersey-born Ramon Ameijide died at age 76 in January 2000, but his award-winning art continues to amaze and inspire decades later.

There's more to come in the next dispatch.

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