H. R. Van Dongen

Henry Richard Van Dongen (August 20, 1920 - February 27, 2010), often professionally known as H.R. Van Dongen,

Career Born August 20, 1920, in Rochester, New York, to son of Henry van Dongen Sr., he had an older brother, Charles. He graduated from Irondequoit High School, and then attended the local Mechanics Institute (now Rochester Institute of Technology). He also studied art at the Phoenix School of Design in New York City. He found employment as graphic artist at Hart-Conway, a local advertising agency.

His first science fiction magazine cover was for the September 1950 issue of Super Science Stories. His work impressed John W. Campbell, editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and he soon became one of the magazine's premiere artists. His first cover was for the August 1951 issue. Van Dongen did more than 40 covers for the magazine. He preferred landscape painting in his spare time.