Ken Marschall (born October 28, 1950)[1] is an American painter and illustrator notable for his paintings of famous ocean liners, such as the RMS Titanic, RMS Lusitania, and the HMHS Britannic, and other transportation vessels including the Bismarck, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and 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.[2]
Marschall has served as consultant to many works about the Titanic,[2] including James Cameron‘s Ghosts of the Abyss, as well as Cameron’s film of the same name, the two-part A&E television specials Death of a Dream and The Legend Lives On, and the upcoming video game Titanic: Honor and Glory.
Books in order of publication:
| The Discovery of the Titanic | 1987 |
| Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost—Was Found | 1988 |
| Titanic: an Illustrated History | 1992 |
| Finding the Titanic | 1993 |
| Robert Ballard’s Guadalcanal | 1993 |
| Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History | 1995 |
| On Board the Titanic (I Was There) | 1996 |
| Inside the Titanic: A Giant Cutaway Book | 1997 |
| Lost Liners | 1997 |
| Ghost Liners | 1997 |
| Hindenburg: An Illustrated History | 1997 |
| 882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions About the Titanic | 1998 |
| Ken Marschall’s Art of the Titanic | 1998 |
| Ken Marschall’s Titanic | 1998 |
| Inside the Hindenburg | 2000 |
| Lost Subs | 2002 |
| Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey Into the Heart of the Titanic | 2003 |
| The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard: An Unforgettable Underwater Tour by the World’s Leading Deep-Sea Explorer | 2005 |
| RMS Lusitania: The Ship Her Record | 2005 |
| RMS Titanic: A Modelmaker’s Manual | 2005 |
| Titanic in Photographs | 2011 |
| Exploring Titanic: The Expeditions of James Cameron | 2012 |
| On Board the Titanic | 2012 |
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