Returning to the West Coast, he prepared illustrations of the chief engineer's plans for the Golden Gate Bridge for the benefit of funders. Supreme Court Building, the New York Central Building, Manhattan office and apartment buildings and several state capitols. During this same period, he designed the Plymouth Rock Memorial, the U.S. While with William van Alen, he and Warren Straton designed the art deco façade of the Chrysler Building as well as its distinctive eagles. Dropping out in his third year, he worked as a renderer and designer for several of the leading architectural firms of the time, including the firm of Willis Polk, "The Man Who Rebuilt San Francisco."īonestell moved to England in 1920, where he rendered architectural subjects for the Illustrated London News. Between 19, he exhibited lithographs in the 4th and 7th annual exhibitions of the California Society of Etchers (now the California Society of Printmakers) in San Francisco.īonestell studied architecture at Columbia University in New York City. The painting was destroyed in the fire that followed the 1906 earthquake. After seeing Saturn through the 12-inch (300 mm) telescope at San Jose's Lick Observatory, he rushed home to paint what he had seen. His first astronomical painting was done in 1905. A pioneering creator of astronomical art, along with the French astronomer-artist Lucien Rudaux, Bonestell has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Space art".īonestell was born in San Francisco, California. His paintings inspired the American space program, and they have been (and remain) influential in science fiction art and illustration. was an American painter, designer and illustrator.
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