Bip Pares

April 13, 2006 at 6:49 pm · Filed under Books

Bip Pares was one of the greatest dust jacket artists ever!
Her style was particularly effective when drawing on the art deco period for inspiration. The artwork usually possessing far greater style than the book itself.

The apparant quality of her work appeared to range from very basic to extraordinary. This was, in our opinion, nothing to do with her but the contract and the publishers budget. At her finest, see Murder Gone Mad on Collins Crime Club by Philip Macdonald, she is untouchable in terms of style.
On another site we do all we can to keep the names of these great artists alive, and to that end always welcome any new information from former publishing employees or family members of the artists themselves.

More information can be found on Bip Pares by searching Google. The #1 hit is the best page