Robert T. McCall

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STS-1 mission patch

Robert Theodore McCall (born December 23, 1919 in Columbus , Ohio - † February 26, 2010 in Scottsdale , Arizona ) was an American painter. McCall was best known for his space motifs.

Life

After high school , McCall attended Columbus Fine Art School , an art school in Columbus for which he had received a scholarship . During the Second World War he served in the United States Army Air Forces as an instructor for the crew members of the bombers . Stationed near Albuquerque , New Mexico , there he met his future wife, who was studying at the University of New Mexico . After the war, McCall and his bride moved to Chicago, where he made a living illustrating advertising. In 1949 McCall and his wife went to New York City . McCall now began to illustrate magazine articles, which also included science fiction in pulp magazines . He has worked for Life , The Saturday Evening Post, and Popular Science , among others .

In 1957 he moved to Cape Canaveral in Florida to work as a drawing for the United States Air Force . NASA became aware of him through his work as a freelancer for Life . In 1962 it started a program to bring its missions closer to the population with the help of artists. McCall was among the first three painters to be selected. The other two were Mitchell Jamieson and Andrew Wyeth , with Wyeth declining.

During his career he created hundreds of pictures, a variety of mission patches for NASA and dozens of postage stamps for the United States Postal Service . His best-known works include his motif from the entrance hall of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and film posters for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey .

Since 2007, 200 of his works have been in the University of Arizona Museum of Art. McCall died in February 2010 of heart failure . He was married and had two daughters.

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SURNAME McCall, Robert T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCall, Robert Theodore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 2010
Place of death Scottsdale , Arizona