Charles Binger
"A Pulp Life"
January 7 - 30, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, January 7th; 8-11 PM


Charles Ashford Binger was a British-born painter who found great success in Hollywood and on Madison Avenue.
His commercial art included film posters, pulp novels and celebrity portraiture in a career that spanned the 1920s - 1970's.
Binger's hallmark style utilized impeccable composition, rendered in a painterly style over roughened texures.
Binger's hallmark style utilized impeccable composition, rendered in a painterly style over roughened textures. His science-fiction paperback covers include masterpieces The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury & Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. As Marilyn Monroe’s favorite illustrator, he created three of her most memorable film posters, including Niagara and River of No Return. His gift at capturing in oils, beautiful, vulnerable women made him a highly sought portraitist among the crowned heads of Europe, and a valuable commodity in the emerging post-war pulp market.

This is the first exhibition of his work in 45 years, and the very first time that these works have been offered for sale.
Condition is consistent with commercial work of this era.
Click here for an extended biography.

Contact the Gallery Director for availability and purchase info: (323) 666-7667

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Cover to "Walsingham Woman" by Jan Westcott (1963) Oil on board 21.25" x 31.5" (plus frame) $3,800.00 Sold	Cover to "Lament for Four Virgins" by Lael Tucker (1950) Oil on canvas board 28.5" x 39" in 33" x 43" frame $7,000.00 Sold	Cover to "The Golden Trollop" by Natalie Anderson Scott (1963) Oil on board 18" x 27.5" (plus frame) $3,200.00 Sold
Cover to "The Pusher" by Ed McBain (1956) Oil on board 19.5" x 19.75" (plus frame) $4,500.00 Sold *Third book in the 87th Precinct series	Cover to "Eyeless In Gaza" by Aldous Huxley" (1954) Oil on board 21" x 24" (plus frame) $5,200.00 Sold	Cover to "The Day of the Locust" by Nathaniel West (1953) Oil on board 26" x 24" (plus frame) $5,200.00 Sold
Cover to "The Man From Brazil" by E.B.Garside (1954) Oil on board 24" x 30" (plus frame) $4,000.00	Cover to "Southwest" by John Houghton Allen (1952) Oil on board 21.25" x 27.5" in 28.5" x 32.25" frame $4,000.00	Cover to "Trouble in Burma" by F. Van Wyck Mason (1963) Oil on board 8.5" x 14.5" in 14" x 20" frame $2,000.00 Sold
Cover to "Horizon" by Helen MacInnes (1970) Oil on canvas paper 20.5" x 15.25" (plus frame) $2,500.00	Cover to "Darien Venture" by C.V. Terry (1955) Oil on board 27" x 23" (plus frame) $3,800.00	Cover Detail from "Slattery's Hurricane" by Herman Wouk (1956) Oil on board 19" x 14" (plus frame) $1,600.00 Sold
Cover to Joy Street by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1959) Oil and gouache on board 15" x 27.5" in 43.5" x 31" frame $5,400.00 Sold	Cover to 9 Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart (1958) Oil on board 15.5" x 19.75" in 25" x 29.25" frame $3,000.00	Cover to Blue Camellia by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1966) Oil and gouache on board 15.25" x 20" in 20.5" x 25.75" frame $2,800.00 Sold
	"Yul Brynner" (1970 studio portrait) Oil on canvas paper 12" x 15" (plus frame) $1,800.00 Sold