When I was reading science fiction paperbacks pretty regularly, in the '50s and early '60s, there was a very prolific artist with a very distinctive style whose work decorated many of the covers of the books I read. I never got his name, but I'm sure one of you guys is probably familiar with him and may be able to point me to a website or some other place where I can see some of his work and read up on him.

The only way I can describe him is by trying to describe his style. His covers were all abstracts, there was no attempt to depict people or landscapes or anything recognizeable. The cover art had no connection to the content of the book, it was strictly decorative, and completely interchangeable, but he was very popular and appeared on many pulp covers.

He painted strange quasi-rectangular objects, connected by long, thin black lines. The objects were not just shapes, they had textures and were modeled, sometimes odd designs were visible etched on them, and they were highlighted and shadowed as if they were real three dimensional things, not just geometrical shapes. I can't remember any particular books that were decorated in this way, although I THINK my copy of Asimov's "The Martian Way" was illustrated by him. I can't be sure. He was extremely popular, and his work was so distinctive that you could spot an SF paperback on the rack from across the room if he had illustrated the cover.

Can any of you folks help me out?