RETROFUTURISMEالمستقبلية الرجعيةA COLLECTION OF
IMAGINED FUTURES

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Frank Tinsley

فرانك تينزلي

American illustrator and writer (1899–1965) born in New York. After the Second World War he wrote and illustrated features on future technology for Mechanix Illustrated — atomic airships, moon farms, satellites and space stations — and in 1958 painted futuristic space technology for the American arm of Bosch.

رسام وكاتب أمريكي (1899–1965) وُلد في نيويورك. بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية كتب ورسم لمجلة «ميكانيكس إليستريتد» موضوعات عن تقنيات المستقبل، من المناطيد الذرية ومزارع القمر إلى الأقمار الصناعية والمحطات الفضائية، ورسم عام 1958 تقنيات فضائية مستقبلية لفرع شركة بوش الأمريكي.

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Frank Tinsley — artwork 1 of 7, Retrofuturisme archive
Frank Tinsley — artwork 2 of 7, Retrofuturisme archive
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Frank Tinsley — artwork 6 of 7, Retrofuturisme archive
Frank Tinsley — artwork 7 of 7, Retrofuturisme archive

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ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Futures worth
remembering.

This collection grew in المستقبلية الرجعية — le rétrofuturisme, a Facebook group devoted to imagined futures, science fiction art and extraordinary worlds.

Its 154 artist and collection albums bring together 2,855 images: 2,738 from the 146 original group albums, plus new sci-fi artist albums added by the curator, preserved here with their original album titles, sourced artist descriptions and source links. Search in English or Arabic, explore each album, and keep a personal selection with the heart button.

Saved selections stay in this browser and can be exported into the local curator. Full-resolution viewing is retained; image right-click saving and dragging are disabled, but screenshots and extraction remain possible. This archive does not grant permission to publish artwork or use it on merchandise; those uses need rights checked separately.

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