biographie de Chesley BONESTELL (1888-1986)
Birth place: San Fran., CA
Death place: Carmel, CA
Addresses: Carmel, CA
Profession: Painter, illustrator, designer, etcher, architect
Studied: Mark Hopkins Inst.; Columbia U. (arch.)
Exhibited: PPE, 1915; East Bay Artists, Oakland A Gallery, 1917; GGE, 1939
Member: Calif. Soc. of etchers (co-founder); Bohemian Club
Work: Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL; Adler Planetarium, Chicago
Comments: Position: chief des., Willis Polk, Berkeley; matte artist, special effects and backgrounds for space movies, 1938-1950s. Specialty: space science.
Sources: Hughes, Artists in California, 58.