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)



A
 
Martin Asbury
 Ken Allen
Douglas Adamson
Terry Adlam



B
 
Ivor Beddoes
Chesley Bonestell
  Les Bowie
Steven Begg

 
 Spencer Bagdatopoulus
 Irving Block
 Janice Body
Hans Barthalowski
Bill Brace
Steven Burg
Bob Bell



C
 
 
Byron Crabbe
Cliff Culley
Jack Cosgrove
Bob Cuff
Peter Chiang

 
Dan Curry
Ray Caple
Joy Cuff
 John Crouse



D
 
 
 
Walter Percy Day
Jan Domela
Jim Danforth
Norman Dawn
Syd Dutton
Tim Donahue
John DeCuir

 
Paul  Detlefsen
Max Devegas



E
 
 
Ferdinand P. Earle
Peter Ellenshaw
Harrison Ellenshaw
Chris Evans

 



F
 
 
Brian Flora
Doug Ferris

 
 Fitch Fulton
Howard Fisher
Jim Fetherolf



G
 
 
Rocco Gioffre
Caroleen Green
Gonzalo Gonzalo
Constantine "Deno" Ganakes
Tom Gilleon
 German Gelpí

 
Paul Grimm



H
 
Ralph Hammeras

 
Jenna Holman
 Henri Hillinick
  Clyde Hill
 Walter L. Hall
   Pony Horton



I


J
 
Sean Joyce
Albert Jullion 
Judy Jordan



K
 
 
Emile Kosa JR
Ray Kellogg
Richard Kilroy

 
Janet Kusnick

 
 Rashid Khares
 Otto Keichle
 Bob Kayganich



L
 
 
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

 



M
 
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

 



N
 
 
Warren Newcombe

 
Joseph Natanson



O
 
 
Willis O´Brien
Frank Ordaz



P
 
 
Mike Pangrazio
Andrew Probert
Ralph Pappier

 
 
 Lewis Physioc



Q


R
 
 
Emilio Ruiz del Rio

 
 
 Jack Rabin
 Rick Rische
 Edward G. Rogers



S
 
 
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



T
 
 
 Leigh Took
 Conrad Tritschler
 Lucy Tanashian
 Bud Thackery
JP Trevor

 



U
 
 
Yusei Uesugi

 
Arturo Uranga

 



V
 
 
Richard Vander Wende
Jean-Marie Vives

 



W
 
 
Albert Whitlock
Mike Wassel
Harry Walton

 
 Mark Whitlock
 Scotty Welborne



X


Y
 
 
Matthew Yuricich

 



Z


  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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