MATTE
PAINTING ARTISTS
Those are pictures that I've got from books, magazines and web sites. Some of them they have been sent to me from people like James Aupperle, David Mattingly, David Stipes, or Rocco Gioffre, to whom I'm deeply thankful.
I have included some
artists whom started his career painting with brushes, and actually are
painting digitally. Since the appearance of digital FX, the number of digital
matte painters is growing in great number.
There are some other excellent
web pages dedicated to digital matte paintings like www.mattepainting.org
. Therefore, I dedicate this one to the almost extinct art of
painting glass shots with brushes.
A great place to share your knowledge
and enthusiasm about traditional matte paintings is the matte painting
tread at:
http://www.stopmotionanimation.com/dc/dcboard.php
This is a list of artists, not only matte painters, also scenic artist, model makers, storyboard artist, art directors or stopmotion animators. Some of them with full dedication to the art of matte paintings during his careers, like Peter Ellenshaw, some others only painted mattes at some moment oh his career, like animator Willis Obrien, or art director and sketch artist Ivor Beddoes.
If you have pictures of matte artists and you want to share it, please send it to me. I will be happy to place it here.
Click on the picture or the name,
to see some samples of the artists.
MATTE ARTISTS:
(In alphabetic order)
Martin Asbury |
Ken Allen |
Douglas Adamson |
Terry Adlam |
Ivor Beddoes |
Chesley Bonestell |
Les Bowie |
Steven Begg |
Spencer Bagdatopoulus |
Irving Block |
Janice Body |
Hans Barthalowski |
Bill Brace |
Steven Burg |
Bob Bell |
Byron Crabbe |
Cliff Culley |
Jack Cosgrove |
Bob Cuff |
Peter Chiang |
Dan Curry |
Ray Caple |
Joy Cuff |
John Crouse |
Walter Percy Day |
Jan Domela |
Jim Danforth |
Norman Dawn |
Syd Dutton |
Tim Donahue |
John DeCuir |
Paul Detlefsen |
Max Devegas |
Ferdinand P. Earle |
Peter Ellenshaw |
Harrison Ellenshaw |
Chris Evans |
Brian Flora |
Doug Ferris |
Fitch Fulton |
Howard Fisher |
Jim Fetherolf |
Rocco Gioffre |
Caroleen Green |
Gonzalo Gonzalo |
Constantine "Deno" Ganakes |
Tom Gilleon |
German Gelpí |
Paul Grimm |
Ralph Hammeras |
Jenna Holman |
Henri Hillinick |
Clyde Hill |
Walter L. Hall |
Pony Horton |
Sean Joyce |
Albert Jullion |
Judy Jordan |
Emile Kosa JR |
Ray Kellogg |
Richard Kilroy |
Janet Kusnick |
Rashid Khares |
Otto Keichle |
Bob Kayganich |
Mario Larrinaga |
Juan Larrinaga |
Lee LeBlanc |
Louis Lichtenfield |
Michael Lloyd |
Hans Ledeboer |
Rusell Lawson |
Gerald Larn |
Paul Lasaine |
Liz Lettmas |
James Liles |
Dwigth S. Land |
Alan Maley |
David Mattingly |
Ralph MQuarrie |
Derek Meddings |
Michele Moen |
Ken Marschall |
Bill Mather |
Joseph Musso |
Julian Martin "Julianin" |
Ron Miller |
Peter Melrose |
Von Muldorfer |
Warren Newcombe |
Joseph Natanson |
Willis O´Brien |
Frank Ordaz |
Mike Pangrazio |
Andrew Probert |
Ralph Pappier |
Lewis Physioc |
Emilio Ruiz del Rio |
Jack Rabin |
Rick Rische |
Edward G. Rogers |
Jack Shaw |
Jessie Silver |
Charles Stoneham |
Fred Sersen |
Mark Sullivan |
Robert Stromberg |
David Stipes |
Paul Swendsen |
Enrique Salvá |
Pierre Schildneck |
Ettore Serbaroli |
Albert Maxwell Simpson |
Robert Scifo |
Cliff Silsby |
Jiri Stamfest |
Hubert Von Seidlein |
Leigh Took |
Conrad Tritschler |
Lucy Tanashian |
Bud Thackery |
JP Trevor |
Yusei Uesugi |
Arturo Uranga |
Richard Vander Wende |
Jean-Marie Vives |
Albert Whitlock |
Mike Wassel |
Harry Walton |
Mark Whitlock |
Scotty Welborne |
Matthew Yuricich |
MATTE CAMERA:
James Aupperle |
Craig Barron |
Martin Body |
Mark Davis |
John Grant |
Neil Krepela |
Roy Seawright |
Clarence Slifer |
Bill Taylor |
Matte painting Teams:
According to Frank Van
der Veer, ASC article, written at "The ASC Treasury of Visual Effects",
during the golden age of Hollywood there were matte artists in every studio."
Fox
, with Fred Sersen at head, led the field in hiring up to a dozen artists
at once, including, Emile Kosa Jr., Cliff Silsby, Max DeVegas, Ralph Hammeras,
Scotty Welborne, Fitch Fulton, Russ Lawson,
Lee Leblanc, and Von Muldorfer.
At MGM
were Warren Newcombe, Henri Hillinck, Howard Fisher and Otto Keichle.
Paramount employed
Jan Domela.
At Warner
Bross were Chesley Bonestell, Paul Detlefsen,
Mario Larrinaga, Jack Shaw, Clyde Hill, and Lou Lichtenfield.
Columbia
had Hans Barthalowski, and Jack Larrinaga."
David O´Selznick Matte Department in 1947.
Left to right (front row) machinist Oscar Jarosch, visual effects cameraman Clarence Slifer, his assistant Harold Griggs, matte artist Hans Ledeboer; (back row) matte artist Jack Shaw and Spencer Bagdatopoulus, and camera assistant Owen Marsh.
Disney Matte Department during "The Black Hole" 1979
From left to right: David Mattingly,
Harrison Ellenshaw, Don Henry (projectionist), Deno Ganakas and Ed Sekac
(cameraman)
I.L.M. Matte Department during "The Empire Strikes Back" 1980.
From left to right: Mike Pangrazio,
Craig Barron (cameraman) , Ralph McQuarrie, Harrison Ellenshaw (seated
at front) and Neil Krelepa (cameraman)
Some books where you can find matte painting information and pictures, or related to matte artists.
THE INVISIBLE ART. The legends
of Movie Matte Paintings. By Craig Barron and Mark Cotta Vaz.
So far it is the most complete
book about matte paintings.
ELLENSHAW UNDER GLASS.
Going For the matte for Disney. By Peter Ellenshaw
THE ART OF CHESLEY BONESTELL. By Ron Miller and Frederick C. Durant III
THE GARDEN WITHIN.The art of Peter Ellenshaw.
EMIL KOSA JR.
THE ART OF STAR WARS :
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INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC.The art os Special Effects. By. Thomas G Smith.
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