Mati Klarwein, the surrealist painter who designed psychedelic album covers for rock bands and jazz musicians, including Santana, Miles Davis, and Earth, Wind and Fire, has died. He was 70.

Mati Klarwein, the surrealist painter who designed psychedelic album covers for rock bands and jazz musicians including Santana, Miles Davis and Earth, Wind and Fire, has died. He was 70. Klarwein ...

A section from Mati Klarwein’s album cover art for ‘Bitches Brew’, by Miles Davis (Columbia Records) Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more. Support Now.

MADRID, Spain — Mati Klarwein, the surrealist painter who designed psychedelic album covers for rock bands and jazz musicians including Santana, Miles Davis and Earth, Wind and Fire, has died.

Music lovers have probably never heard of Mati Klarwein, though they most likely have seen his visionary art. He did the album art for Carlos Santana’s Abraxis, ... His 1961 painting Annunciation ...

Since Mati Klarwein's death in 2002, his legacy has swirled into focus. Herewith a primer on the kaleidoscopic king of mischtechnik.