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SpaceRef - Arts and Humanities - Fiction - Artists

A Chesley Bonestell Space Art Chronology - Written by Melvin Schuetz in cooperation with the artist's widow and his estate managers, A Chesley Bonestell Space Art Chronology contains well over 700 entries and is the definitive reference guide to publications containing Bonestell's space art.

A Selection of the Works of Artist Robert T. McCall - This online gallery is hosted by the Space Transportation Association and features some of McCall's more famous works - from his movie poster illustration for "2001: A Space Odyssey" to artwork that adorned the final report of the National Commission on Space.

Bill Hartmann's Painting Gallery - An online gallery of artwork, much of which has appeared in books, on TV, and on magazine covers. The artist does research at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona and has received two commissions from the NASA Fine Arts Program.

Bonestell Space Art - Bonestell Space Art was authorized by Chesley Bonestell to represent him in the sale of his original astronomical paintings and reproduction rights to his work as well as in arranging exhibitions of Bonestell artwork and the loan of paintings to museums and other institutions all over the world..

Chesley Bonestell Interactive Art Gallery - This site contains a dozen or so thumbnail images of paintings by Bonestell.

Chesley Bonestell Prints at Novaspace - Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986) inspired an entire generation of astronomers, artists, writers, engineers and visionaries with his remarkable paintings. Living to the age of 98, he saw the entire scope of manned flight, and himself influenced mankind's push into outer space. This site sells reproductions of several of Bonestell's paintings including "Saturn as Seen from Titan" and "The Exploration of Mars".

Chris Dorreman Space Art Gallery - A series of planetary images - gas giants and their moons.

Cosmographica - The Art of Don Dixon - This website features the works of one of the most popular space artists today. Mars, Jupiter, impacts, starships, Earth billions of years ago - he's painted it all.

Dan Durda's Space Art Gallery - Planets asteroids, impacts and other events. Gallery of several dozen images, several of which have appeared on magazine covers.

David Palermo - Visions of Space - This artist has a wide range of interests ranging from astronomical to historical - all of which are visualized in gorgeous detail. He has also produced some striking Mars VR 3D imagery (featured on NASA websites) using photos taken on the surface of Mars.

Edward Rowles - Above the Blue Horizon - This site has a wide range of ultra-realistic spacecraft imagery with a special focus on ships featured in classic science fiction. Included are some modern visualizations of the spaceships envisioned by Werner von Braun in the pages of Collier's magazine in 1951, and the ships from films such as "Die Frau im Mond" and "Flash Gordon".

Erik Viktor's Visionary Exhibition - This site profiles the artist's work including the book and magazine illustrations he has done over the years.

Gallery of Robert T. McCall's Works - This site at Novaspace features a gallery of the artist's works, most of which are for sale as reproductions.

Imagining Tomorrow - The Legacy of Chesley Bonestell - This website by the St. Louis Astronomical Society features a number of images of Bonestell's work.

Jim Scotti's (Mostly Space) Art page - Various paintings of places throughout the solar system. The author seems to have a penchant for placing comets in almost all of his paintings.

L5 City in Space Art by Pat Rawlings - This site contains a series of engineering and concept drawings created by space artist Pat Rawlings for the IMAX production "L-5 First City in Space".

Lightworld - Lightworld was designed to showcase the graphics and animations produced by David Lauterbach that appeared on the now defunct Sci-Fi Channel television show "Inside Space". Gorgeous stuff.

Marilynn Flynn's Space Art - Marilynn Flynn is one of the few astronomical artists who can truly be called a Space Artist. Several pieces of her artwork have been launched into space. Her acrylic painting "Cosmic Cauldron" orbited earth for several months on board the Mir Space Station as part of Ars Ad Astra, the first art exhibit in orbit.

Mars Exploration Artwork by Carter Emmart - These images often have the look and feel of having been drawn from life, onsite, on Mars. As such, it is little surprise that they have been so popular with the Case for Mars and Mars Society meetings - and the covers of their published proceedings.

Michael Carroll's Space Art - This is the website of one of the most popular and prolific space artists. His views of a terraformed Mars are ubiquitous and regularly featured in NASA presentations. Included are how-to hints, online tutorials, and links to other space art resources.

Ron Miller - Black Cat Studios - This site contains a portfolio of the artist's works. Miller is an illustrator/author specializing in science fiction, astronomy, science and fantasy illustration. He is an author, co-author or editor, designed postage stamps, and worked on motion pictures.

Science Fiction Digital Art by Duncan Long - Features various fantasy oriented illustrations.

The Art of B. E. Johnson - If you've been to NASA websites or read science and astronomy magazines you've seen this artist's works. This site features a wide array of paintings of spacecraft and space vistas.

The Chesley Bonestell Archives - In the past thirty years Melvin Schuetz has assembled the world's largest collection of books and periodicals containing Bonestell space art, including many very rare and obscure publications.

The soaring imagination of Robert McCall - This August 1999 issue of "Downlinks" by CNN's Miles O'Brien features an interview conducted at the artist's home, a gallery of some of his paintings, and a 360 degree panorama of his studio.

The Space and Spacecraft Art of Rick Sternbach - This page features a number of paintings by Rick Sternbach who currently serves as senior illustrator for Star Trek.

The Space Exploration Art of Pat Rawlings - This online exhibit, hosted by the Challenger Center, contains a large collection of Rawling's most stunning paintings depicting all aspects of the exploration of the Moon, Mars, the solar system and beyond.

Vik Olliver's Space Art - This artist has produced some strikingly realistic images of future spacecraft that could be used for lunar exploration. This site presents a gallery of his work.