Jan Domela
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.
Jan Domela | |
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| Born | August 22, 1894 |
| Died | August 1, 1973 (aged 78) |
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]
Notes
- Domela, Jan Marinus at the RKD databases
- The Oscar Site
- Belanger, p. 144
- "Special Award – 11th Academy Awards". Academy Awards Database. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
References
- Belanger, Pamela J. Maine in America: American Art at the Farnsworth Art Museum. University Press of New England, 2000. ISBN 0-918749-08-5
- The Oscar Site
