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Last Name Matternes

Given Name Jay

alt. Names J. M. ;

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Year born 1933 in the Philippines

Year died

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Country of Activity United States of America

Worked for Donald Johanson & Maitland Edey: Lucy - The Beginnings of Humankind (New York, 1981); illustrations for magazines such as National Geographic & Time ;

Patronage Smithsonian Libraries & Archives ; American Museum of Natural History ; National Museum of Natural History

Collaborators

Techniques anatomical, paleontological, ornithological & zoological engraving & colour illustration

Sample(s) https://www.nhbs.com/visions-of-lost-worlds-book ;

Archival sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Matternes ;

Published sources Matthew T. Carrano & Kirk R. Johnson: Visions of lost worlds the paleoart of Jay Matternes (2019) [w. many examples of the illustrations by J.M.]; Allen Debus & Diane E. Debus: J.M. - Cenozoic Paleoartist, Dinosaur Memories. iUniverse 2002: 518–522 ; Melanie G. Wiber: Erect Men/Undulating Women: The Visual Imagery of Gender, "Race" and Progress in Reconstructive Illustrations of Human Evolution. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992: 72ff.; The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Presents the 1983 Birds in Art Exhibition: An Exhibition Organized by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, September 10-October 23, 1983 ; Escardó 2022: 394f.

other Matternes was born in the Philippines and lives in Fairfax, Virginia. He is also known for his paintings of birds.

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