music artwork

Serge Gainsbourg considered popular music as a minor art compared to painting and sculpture. While record covers are true products of the pop culture, they sometimes borrowed to the fine arts. Numerous examples of sleeves are obvious imitations or reproductions of famous works of art, denoting either a genuine devotion or a deliberate attempt to gain artistic credit (or both). In return, some contemporary figures in the visual arts fairly understood the benefit in contributing, directly or not, to popular music, and thus reaching a much larger audience. How many rock fans discovered Andy Warhol with the famous Velvet Underground banana ? This website is about record covers and arts.

Music Artwork has been featured in an article entitled "50 Resources for Students Attending Online Liberal Arts Schools".
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Engstead's Liz and Dick


John Engstead Liz and Richard (unknown)	The Godfathers More Songs About Love and Hate (1989)

Greco's Magdalene


El Greco Penitent Magdalene (1580-85)	Chapterhouse Sunburst EP (1990)	Chapterhouse Falling Down EP (1990)

Magritte's Golconde


René Magritte Golconde (1953)	Dreams Dreams (1970)

Dali's soft self-portrait (with fried bacon)


Salvador Dali Autoportrait Mou avec du Lard Grillé (1941)	Sleep Volume One (1991)

Escher's reflecting sphere


M.C. Escher Hands with Reflecting Sphere (1935)	Cymbal and Clinger Cymbal and Clinger (1972)

Rousseau's tiger in the rain


Henri Rousseau Tigre dans une Tempête Tropicale (Surpris!) (1891)	Michael Franks Tiger in the Rain (1979)

Klimt's kiss


Gustav Klimt The Kiss (Lovers) (1907-08)	Doll by Doll Grand Passion (1982)

Feuillade's vampires


Louis Feuillade Musidora in Les Vampires (1915-16)	Black Lips Black Lips! (2003)

Kronberg's Eros


Julius Kronberg Kronberg's studio, Skansen, Eros (1905)	Abba The Visitors (1981)

Hogarth's Election series


William Hogarth Chairing the Member (from The Humours of an Election series) (1755)	Conflict It's Time to See Who's Who (1983)

Miró's colourful people


Joan Miró Mujer, Pájaro, Estrella (Homenaje a Picasso) (1973)	Raimon Quan l'Aigua Es Queixa (1979)

Eggleston's Mississippi road


William Eggleston Near Minter City and Glendora, Mississippi (1969-70)	The Derek Trucks Band Soul Serenade (2003)

Coppola's Godfather


Francis Ford Coppola Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)	Snoop Doggy Dog Tha Doggfather (1996)

Ingres' princess portrait


Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Portait de la Princesse Albert de Broglie (1853)	They Might Be Giants Nanobots (2013)

Druillet's creatures


Philippe Druillet Salammbô (1980)	Various Cosmic Machine: A Voyage Across French Cosmic Electronic Avantgarde (1970-1980) (2013)

Philippe Druillet Yragaël ou la fin des temps (1974)	Various Cosmic Machine: A Voyage Across French Cosmic Electronic Avantgarde (1970-1980) EP (2013)

Man Ray's glass tears


Man Ray Les Larmes de Verre (1932)	Kraftwerk Toccata Electronica (1995)

Picasso's Three musicians (2)


Pablo Picasso Nous Autres Musiciens (1921)	Jim Hall Three (1986)

School of Fontainebleau's sisters


Ecole de Fontainebleau (Unknown) Portrait Présumé de Gabrielle d'Estrées et de sa Soeur la Duchesse de Villars (1594)	Various Dirty Diamonds Vol.1 (2003)