#The space mural a cosmic view series#
#The space mural a cosmic view windows#

The National Museum of Naval Aviation named its prestigious art award, the 'R.G.Smith Award for Excellence in Naval Aviation Art' in his honor. He was a chronicler of Naval Aviation and was honored by the Navy as an Honorary Naval Aviator. R.G.'s knowledge and love of the flying machine were evident in his art as were his carefully acquired and honed abilities as a fine artist. Through study and hard work, his art became ever more important to his company and to his company's customers. R.G.'s art, created in addition to his work as an engineer, emerged early at Northrop. worked with Jack Northrop, Ed Heineman and other acclaimed engineers designing the SBD Dauntless, the AD Skyraider, A3D Skywarrior as well as several other U.S. He served the aerospace industry for 55 years 46 years with Douglas Aircraft Company and another nine with an office in McDonnell Douglas as an outside contractor. He began his career with Northrop Aircraft, a subsidiary of Douglas, in 1936. was a quiet giant in both aeronautical engineering and as an artist. Robert is one of five founders of the American Society of Aviation Artists.

#The space mural a cosmic view windows#

In partnership with his wife, Louise, McCall has successfully executed a number of creative projects popular with Arizonans, including stained glass windows at the Valley Presbyterian Church and at Sky Harbor Airport, as well as a mural in the Arizona Industrial Commissions Buildings in Phoenix. His 19 x 60 foot canvas entitled 'The Prologue and the Promise' is a commanding and popular presence in the Horizons Pavilion at Walt Disney's Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. In addition to a litany of famous murals on permanent exhibition at space and research centers nationwide, Bob has supplied conceptual paintings for movies such as 'The Black Hole,' '2001: A Space Odyssey,' 'Star Trek' and many others.

#The space mural a cosmic view series#

Postage Stamp Series to the six story mural 'The Space Mural, A Cosmic View,' which is viewedВ annually by an estimated 10 million visitors to the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.В A modern master once described by Isaac Asimov as 'the nearest thing to an artist in residence from outer space,' Bob used his incisive skillsВ to chronicle our space program from early Mercury flights to the space shuttle, which granted him inside knowledge of such red letterВ achievements as the first moon landing, controlled space travel and high tech galactic explorations of modern times. Renowned National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution artist Robert McCall's diverse visual canon varies in scaleВ from his classic 'Decade of Achievement' U.S.

The National Aviation Hall of Fame honors Keith as a 2012 enshrinee for his lifetime contributons to aviation. He has been elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame as a 2006 Laureate. He holds an honorary Doctorate from Daniel Webster College and received the 2004 Aviation Week & Space Technology Laureate Award for Lifetime Achievement. A resident of New Jersey, Keith was a 1992 inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame of N.J. Keith is an Honorary Daedalian and an honorary member of the USAF Thunderbirds. Keith has worked in the New York City area as a freelance artist since 1956, serving the advertising, editorial, public relations and historical documentation needs of airframe, engine and avionics manufacturers and their advertising agencies, aviation trade publications, and the military and aviation museums. He is best known for his two 75-foot murals in the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, his B-17 mural 'Fortresses Under Fire' in the Museum's World War II Gallery and 'The Evolution of Jet Aviation' mural in the JetВ Aviation Gallery. He is a founder and past president of the American Society of Aviation Artists and a Life Member of the Society of Illustrators in New York. Active in the Air Force Art Program over 50 years, Keith has 62 major paintings in the Air Force Art Collection. Keith's entire life has involved aviation, with 65 of those years in the creation of aviation art.

The space mural - a cosmic view