Jan Domela | |
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Born | August 22, 1894 |
Died | August 1, 1973 | (aged 78)
Jan Marinus Domela (August 22, 1894 in The Hague – August 1, 1973 in Santa Monica, California [1]) was a Dutch-born American artist and illustrator.
Johan Domela Nieuwenhuis, [2] also Jan Marinus Domela [3] became interested in art while at boarding school in Switzerland. [3] While visiting his sister in California he studied at the Los Angeles School of Illustration and Painting and the Mark Hopkins Art Institute; back in the Netherlands in 1925, he attended the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam before completing his studies at the Académie Julian in Paris. [3]
After returning to California in 1928 Dolema was made the chief matte painter at Paramount Studios, and was chief artist in the special effects department until 1968. [3] Creating landscapes for most of the movies produced by Paramount for over thirty years, he received several Academy Awards for his work. [3]
Domela was part of the production team who received an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film Spawn of the North. [4] Domela exhibited his own landscape paintings of subjects such as the Monterey Peninsula, the California Sierras, the Alps, and Monhegan Island, at venues including the Los Angeles County Museum. [3]
Jan Domela | |
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Born | August 22, 1894 |
Died | August 1, 1973 | (aged 78)
Jan Marinus Domela (August 22, 1894 in The Hague – August 1, 1973 in Santa Monica, California [1]) was a Dutch-born American artist and illustrator.
Johan Domela Nieuwenhuis, [2] also Jan Marinus Domela [3] became interested in art while at boarding school in Switzerland. [3] While visiting his sister in California he studied at the Los Angeles School of Illustration and Painting and the Mark Hopkins Art Institute; back in the Netherlands in 1925, he attended the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam before completing his studies at the Académie Julian in Paris. [3]
After returning to California in 1928 Dolema was made the chief matte painter at Paramount Studios, and was chief artist in the special effects department until 1968. [3] Creating landscapes for most of the movies produced by Paramount for over thirty years, he received several Academy Awards for his work. [3]
Domela was part of the production team who received an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film Spawn of the North. [4] Domela exhibited his own landscape paintings of subjects such as the Monterey Peninsula, the California Sierras, the Alps, and Monhegan Island, at venues including the Los Angeles County Museum. [3]