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Meet Chesley Bonestell, The Most Important Space Artist You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Over the last half century, spacecraft have visited every planet and their major moons, as well as two dwarf planets and more than a dozen asteroids and comets. Thanks to high-res images, we know these worlds intimately and can appreciate what makes each of them unique. These days, fewer than 3 in 10 Americans are old enough to recall a time when our neighboring worlds were indistinct dots in even the most powerful telescopes.

And yet, even before there were spacecraft to show us, in the 1940s and ‘50s, readers of magazines such as Collier’s, LIFE, and Sky & Telescope had a pretty good idea what kinds of scenery we might find on the moon, Mars, Pluto, and the moons of the outer planets. All these worlds came to life in paintings by a single visionary artist: Chesley Bonestell (pronounced BONN-uh-stell). He’s the subject of a new feature-length documentary, “Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future.” If you’ve never heard of Bonestell, you’ll come away from the film wondering why not. And

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Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Artist.

(1888-1986) US astronomical illustrator. Bonestell studied as an architect at Columbia University in New York, but never graduated, dropping out in his third year; nevertheless he was employed by many architectural firms and aided in the design of the Golden Gate Bridge and Chrysler Building. He then began working as a matte artist to produce special effects and matte paintings for over a dozen films, including Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941), The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945), Destination Moon (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), War of the Worlds (1953), and Conquest of Space (1955); his work was also used in Cat-Women of the Moon (1953) – albeit without his permission; the images were simply copied from the book The Conquest of Space (1949) – and the television series Men into Space (1959-1960).

In the early 1940s he began astronomical painting on a major scale; much of his work appeared in Life magazine, though his most influential paintings were those that accompanied the renowned ser

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Chesley Bonestell

American science fiction and space illustrator (1888–1986)

Chesley Bonestell

Born	Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr.^[1] (1888-01-01)January 1, 1888 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	June 11, 1986(1986-06-11) (aged 98) Carmel, California U.S.
Occupation	Artist
Period	1944–1986
Subject	Science, science fiction, space
Notable awards	Klumpke-Roberts Award (1976)
Spouse	Mary Hilton (m. 1911⁠–⁠1918) Ruby Helder (m. ; died ) Mary Hilton (m. 1940⁠–⁠1961) Hulda von Neumayer Ray (m. 1962)
Children	Jane Bonestell (1912–1989)

Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr. (January 1, 1888 – June 11, 1986) was an American painter, designer, and illustrator.^[2] His paintings inspired the American space program, and they have been (and remain) influential in science fiction art and illust