# Ken Marschall

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{{Short description|American painter and illustrator}}
'''Ken Marschall''' (born October 28, 1950)<ref>http://www.hangupsgallery.net/bio_marsh.html{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is an American painter and illustrator notable for his paintings of famous [ocean liner](/source/ocean_liner)s, such as the {{RMS|Titanic}}, {{RMS|Lusitania}}, and {{HMHS|Britannic}}, and other transportation vessels including the ''[Bismarck](/source/German_battleship_Bismarck)'', ''[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin](/source/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin)'' and ''[LZ 129 Hindenburg](/source/LZ_129_Hindenburg)''. His paintings have been used in many books about the ''Titanic'', most notably his depictions of the sinking, of which no photographs that could be used were taken.<ref name="www.media-awareness.ca">{{cite web|title=James Cameron's Titanic |publisher=[Media Awareness Network](/source/Media_Awareness_Network) |accessdate=2010-01-24 |url=http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/deconstructing_titanic_6.cfm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609180647/http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/deconstructing_titanic_6.cfm |archivedate=2011-06-09 }}</ref>

In 1992, Marschall co-authored the book ''Titanic: An Illustrated History'' with [Don Lynch](/source/Don_Lynch).<ref>{{cite book|last=Lynch|first=Don|title=Titanic &ndash; An Illustrated History|year=1992|publisher=Hyperion|location=New York City|isbn=1-56282-918-1}}</ref> This book later served as the blueprint for the movie [Titanic](/source/Titanic_(1997_film)). Marschall has also served as consultant to [many works about the ''Titanic''](/source/RMS_Titanic_in_popular_culture),<ref name=www.media-awareness.ca/> including [James Cameron](/source/James_Cameron)'s ''[Ghosts of the Abyss](/source/Ghosts_of_the_Abyss)'', as well as Cameron's [film of the same name](/source/Titanic_(1997_film)), the two-part [A&E](/source/A%26E_Television_Networks) television specials ''Death of a Dream'' and ''The Legend Lives On'', and the video game ''[Titanic: Honor and Glory](/source/Titanic%3A_Honor_and_Glory)''.

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==External links==
*[http://www.kenmarschall.com/ Official website]
*{{IMDb name|0550408}}
*[http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/marschall Artist Biography ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612191214/http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/marschall/ |date=2016-06-12 }}

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