Jim Flora
1914
—
1998
American artist (1914-1998)
James Royer Flora was an American artist best known for his distinctive and idiosyncratic album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia Records during the 1940s and 1950s. He was also a prolific commercial illustrator from the 1940s to the 1970s, and the author and illustrator of 17 popular children's books. As a fine artist, he created hundreds of paintings, drawings, etchings and sketches throughout his lifetime.