Van Hamersveld, John
Illustrator and graphic designer from Los Angeles, California, best known to surfers as the creator of the Day-Glo poster for Bruce Brown's 1964 crossover hit movie The Endless Summer. Van Hamersveld was born (1941) in Baltimore, Maryland, and moved with his family to Palos Verdes, in southwest Los Angeles County, when he was nine, and began surfing during middle school. While a student at Art Ce...
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Detail from The Endless Summer poster (1965)Subscribe to view
John Van Hamersveld, 1964Subscribe to view
Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" LP cover, 1972, designed by John Van HamersveldSubscribe to view
Surfing Illustrated, 1962, designed by John Van HamersveldSubscribe to view
John Van Hamersveld for Bustin' Down the Door (2008)Subscribe to view
John Van Hamersveld, 1967Subscribe to view
Detail from The Endless Summer poster (1965)
John Van Hamersveld, 1964
Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" LP cover, 1972, designed by John Van Hamersveld
Surfing Illustrated, 1962, designed by John Van Hamersveld
John Van Hamersveld for Bustin' Down the Door (2008)
John Van Hamersveld, 1967