Artists - D&D and LotR and such

 https://raggedclaws.com/2013/12/11/connections-john-newton-howitt-1934-and-the-brothers-hildebrandt-1979/

He https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/10/down-in-dungeon.html mentions ... of Frank Frazetta, the Brothers Hildebrand, and Ralph McQuarrie.

https://www.blackgate.com/2014/10/22/art-of-the-genre-the-top-10-dragon-magazine-covers-of-the-1970s-80s/