Beverly Hills, commemorating TV Guide's fortieth anniversary. Posthumously awarded the University of the Art's Silver Star award for Outstanding Alumni in 2009, Amsel's award was accepted on his behalf at The University of the Arts Commencement Ceremony by his brother, Michael Amsel. In November 2021, Amsel was inducted into the Album Cover Hall of Fame, for his contributions to Bette Midler – Divine Miss M and Songs For The New Depression, and soundtracks to the films Hello Dolly and The Sting. A feature film documentary about Amsel's life, titled "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art," was announced in January 2016. Filmmaker Adam McDaniel traveled extensively throughout the United States, conducting interviews with over 50 of Amsel's friends, colleagues, classmates, teachers, and art collectors, as well as new generations of artists whom Amsel inspired. The film is now in post production. In tandem with the documentary, McDaniel is developing a retrospective art book, with both projects through an exclusive agreement with the Richard Amsel estate. Death His last film poster was for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third of George Miller's apocalyptic action movies with Mel Gibson. His final completed artwork was for an issue of TV Guide, featuring news anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. Amsel died less than three weeks later, succumbing to complications from AIDS on November 13, 1985. When he fell ill, he was to have done the poster for the Romancing the Stone sequel, The Jewel of the Nile''. AIDS Memorial Quilt Adam McDaniel created a panel in Amsel's memory for inclusion within The AIDS Memorial Quilt. It was unveiled for the first time on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2018, next to The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument within Los Angeles' Lincoln Park. Later that month, it was also displayed at an Amsel tribute art show McDaniel curated at Warner Bros. Studios, in Burbank, California. On December 2, 2019, McDaniel handed the panel over to the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. This coincided with World AIDS Day earlier that week (December 1st), and what would have been Amsel's 72nd birthday (December 4th). See also List of TV Guide covers Similar artists Saul Bass Jack Davis Frank Frazetta The Brothers Hildebrandt Tom Jung Sanford Kossin Frank McCarthy Bob Peak Drew Struzan Howard Terpning References External links The Richard Amsel Appreciation Site Official website of the documentary feature "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost