Pink Floyd The Wall Album Cover Artist

Cover of pink floyd s the dark side of the moon 1973 perhaps thorgerson s most famous designs are those for pink floyd.

Pink floyd the wall album cover artist. By 2013 pink floyd had sold more than 250 million records worldwide making them one of the best selling music artists of all time. The artwork would have included scarfe s iconic hand lettering as either a sticker or printed directly onto the cover. The wall album cover was conceived by roger waters of the band during pink floyd s 1977 tour and he modelled the character of pink after himself. But the animals cover was conceived not by hipgnosis but by roger waters who is credited as the original sleeve designer.

I had worked with them on the wish you were here tour british illustrator gerald scarfe recalls of his involvement with pink floyd and roger waters and i got on pretty well. Four of the band s albums topped us or uk record charts and hit. Pink floyd album covers handmade wooden ornament scuplture offthegridwood. In 1971 the english illustrator gerald scarfe b.

His design for the dark side of the moonhas been called one of the greatest album covers of all time. This is its story. 5 out of 5 stars 20 20 reviews 20 99. Gerald scarfe s artwork for the wall 1979 by pink floyd harvest records.

1936 found himself in la creating an animated film for the bbc. One of the most elaborate visual projects associated with rock music pink floyd s the wall featured the pen and ink mastery of gerald scarfe. The cover was produced by hipgnosis the design company responsible for epic pink floyd album designs such as the dark side of the moon and wish you were here. The dark side of the moon and the wall are among the best selling albums of all time and both have been inducted into the grammy hall of fame.

Waters had a falling out with hipgnosis designer storm thorgerson a few years earlier when thorgerson had included the cover of animals in his book the work of hipgnosis.