Emma E Bonstell

“In celebration of the International Geophysical Year and America’s recent attempt to orbit the moon, we proudly present the work of this country’s greatest illustrator of rocketry and space travel. Chesley Bonestell’s professional experience would include work as a staff artist on the Illustrated London News, architectural renderer for most of the big skyscrapers built during the late 20’s as well as the Golden Gate Bridge, and special effects artist for RKO Pictures. His interest in astronomy started at 10 with the reading of Laplace’s nebular hypothesis and has carried through to this day. This knowledge combined with superb draftsmanship take us where no man or camera has ever gone. In a field glutted with wild science-fiction imagining   ...  Displaying 750 of 1090 characters.