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   Bonestell
   Chesley
   C. B. ;
   
   
   1888 in San Francisco, CA
   1986
   Carnell, CA
   
   
   studied architecture at Columbia University in New York City; Dropping out in his third year, he worked as renderer & designer for several architects
   United States of America
   Wernher von Braun et al: space flight symposium in Collier's Weekly 1952 Conquest of the Moon (1953) ; Willy Ley: The Conquest of Space (1949) ;
   California Society of Etchers (now the California Society of Printmakers) in San Francisco; Collier's Weekly
   illustrator Fred Freeman and illustrator Rolf Klep for Wernher von Braun: see www.mosafilm.de/CF/heftbesprechung/colliers/colliers.html ;
   astronomical and physical painting ; colour printing of combinations of clay models with photographic tricks ;
   www.novaspaceart.com/Prints/Limited%20Editions/Bonestell/Titan.html ;
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Bonestell and links provided there; http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-26/news/mn-21324_1_chesley-bonestell
   Ron Miller & Frederick C. Durant III: Worlds Beyond. The Art of Ch. B. (1983) ; Melvin H. Schuetz: Chesley Bonestell Space Art Chronology (1999 and Suppl. 2003) ;
   Along with the French astronomer and artist ->Lucien Rudaux, Ch. B. was dubbed the "Father of Modern Space Art"; cf. http://iaaa.org/gallery/rudaux/.
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