Robert W. Richards

Robert W. Richards (born 1941) is one of the most prominent and best-known illustrators of the United States. Richards grew up in the industrial town of Sanford in the U.S. state of Maine. He worked for many stars of Show Business (Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Anita O'Day, Tony Curtis, Peggy Lee), drew album covers and posters, which proved to be seminal. He also illustrated for the fashion industry. His clients include brands such as Chanel, Valentino, Yves St. Laurent.
As part of the bourgeois wing of the gay rights movement of the 70s, a decade-long love began to "Adoniss" of this scene, the porn stars. Richards captured the fleeting beauty of those modern love gods in countless drawings and interviews. These works provided a stir in the exhibition "Gods of Erotica" in the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation SoHo.
As a draftsman and portraitist, the artist puts himself naturally in the background, his works are known better as his person. A look at the man Richards provides the film documentary about Peter Berlin. Richards drawings and photographs from all career stages of Berlin are valuable historical documents that capture the "golden years" of the american gay movement in the 70s. In the photo book "Allure" Richards numerous highlights of his erotic illustrations of male ideals.