Colorado. 1912 - 1996
Children's book illustration, sculpture
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1888 San Francisco, California - 1986 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Known for: Science fiction, outer space theme illustration, spacescape painting.
If Lucian Rudaux was the Grandfather of space art, Chesley Bonestell was the father. He was born on January 1, 1888, 15 years before the Wright brothers first flew and 38 years before the launch of... Read full biography
If Lucian Rudaux was the Grandfather of space art, Chesley Bonestell was the father. He was born on January 1, 1888, 15 years before the Wright brothers first flew and 38 years before the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket. When he died 98 years later, men had walked on the moon and spacecraft... Read full biography
If Lucian Rudaux was the Grandfather of space art, Chesley Bonestell was the father. He was born on January 1, 1888, 15 years before the Wright brothers first flew and 38 years before the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket. When he died 98 years later, men had walked on the moon and spacecraft had visited most of the planets and many of the moons of the solar system. Bonestell's paintings not only anticipated 20th century space exploration, they helped to bring it about. So realistic were... Read full biography
If Lucian Rudaux was the Grandfather of space art, Chesley Bonestell was the father. He was born on January 1, 1888, 15 years before the Wright brothers first flew and 38 years before the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket. When he died 98 years later, men had walked on the moon and spacecraft had visited most of the planets and many of the moons of the solar system. Bonestell's paintings not only anticipated 20th century space exploration, they helped to bring it about. So realistic were his depictions of other worlds that visiting them no longer seemed fantasy. His artwork looked like picture postcards taken by some future astronaut. Bonestell started drawing at age five and began formal art instruction by the time he was 12. When... Read full biography
If Lucian Rudaux was the Grandfather of space art, Chesley Bonestell was the father. He was born on January 1, 1888, 15 years before the Wright brothers first flew and 38 years before the launch of the first liquid-fuel rocket. When he died 98 years later, men had walked on the moon and spacecraft had visited most of the planets and many of the moons of the solar system. Bonestell's paintings not only anticipated 20th century space exploration, they helped to bring it about. So realistic were his depictions of other worlds that visiting them no longer seemed fantasy. His artwork looked like picture postcards taken by some future astronaut. Bonestell started drawing at age five and began formal art instruction by the time he was 12. When he was 17, he visited Lick Observatory where he was inspired by seeing Saturn through the observatory's giant refractors. As soon as he r... Read full biography
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SATURN AS SEEN FROM TITAN
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Beginning of the World (The Earth is Born), LIFE magazine cover
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IN ORBIT 600 MILES ABOVE MARS! PREPARING TO LAND
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Illinois. 1900 - 1976
Pulp magazine illustration, "Weird Tales" cover designs
New York / Austria. 1884 - 1963
Science fiction illustration, design
New York, California, Minnesota. 1927 - 1981
Comic-book illustrator, science fiction
Sculpture, painting
New York. 1909 - 1945
Illustrator, pulp action, females
California, Oklahoma. 1907 - 1979
Pin-up girl illustration
Illinois, California / France. c.1872 - 1957
Pulp-fiction illustration-fantasy, early landscape painting
Illinois. 1907 - 1981
Pin-up girl illustration
Massachusetts. 1902/03 - 1968
Illustration-female figure
New York. 1909 - 1956
Illustration and cartoons
New York. Born 1945
Illustrator, science fiction
New York, California. 1893 - 1984
Illustration-pin-up girl, figure
Illinois, New York, Louisiana. 1894 - 1975
Illustrator-pin-up girl
England. 1867 - 1939
Children's book illustrations
New York, Minnesota, Nebraska. 1907 - 1989
Science fiction illustration, sport and frontier themes
New York, New Jersey. 1912 - 1988
Cartoonist-droll gothic
New York, California, Hawaii, Michigan. 1889 - 1960
Glamour girls, pin-ups calendar illustration
New York. 1931 - 2025
Illustration, Civil War genre
Illinois, Florida. 1914 - 1980
Pin-up girl, illustration, landscape painting
New York, Florida. 1928 - 2010
Fantasy paperback illustration, cartoons, comics
California. 1901 - 1983
Action-frontier genre, illustrator
New Jersey, New York. 1883 - 1976
Pin-up girl illustration, magazine covers, advertising art
California, New York, Michigan. 1925 - 1990
Science fiction illustration, comics, video art
New York. 1899 - 1987
Magazine illustration, painting, teaching, song writing
Connecticut, New York, California. Born 1950
Fantasy fiction book illustration and fine art painting
Illinois, Michigan. 1899 - 1976
Magazine and commercial illustration
California, Ohio / Germany. 1945 - 1984
Art deco seductive female figure, advertising art, illustration, posters
Massachusetts, California. 1904 - 1991
Children's book illustration
New York, California. 1896 - 1982
Pin-up girl illustrations
New York, Vermont. 1898 - 1980
Illustrator-action genre, marine
New York, Connecticut, Illinois. 1921 - 1996
Landscape and seascape painting, sci-fi illustration