Chesley Bonestell

Chesley Bonestell – The Father of Space Art

Background title image: Detail from Saturn from Titan, Space Art cover, 1978. Oli on board, 19.5 x 29.5 inches. Heritage Auctions sold this painting for $15,000 in 2014. Full image shown at left. Photo: Heritage Auctions

by Maxine Carter-Lome “There isn’t an artist painting today, in the science fiction fantasy field, who didn’t start with Chesley Bonestell” – Ray Bradbury   What do the Chrysler Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the film Destination Moon, and America’s…