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Jay Howard Matternes (born April 14, 1933) is an American painter, paleoartist, and naturalist. His work recreating early mammals from the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs was widely published in the 1950s and '60s, including in the Time Life Books series. His work is in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of Natural History.[1] His restorations frequently appeared in magazines such as National Geographic and Time, making him among the best-known scientific illustrators.[2] Six Matternes murals were removed during renovations from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in 2014, and several are planned to be reinstalled when renovations to the museum's Fossil Hall are scheduled to be completed in 2019.[3]

Jay Matternes
Born (1933-04-14) April 14, 1933 (age 89)
Philippines
NationalityAmerican
Known forPaleoart and painting
Websitewww.jay-matternes.com

Matternes was born in the Philippines and lives in Fairfax, Virginia. He is also known for his paintings of birds.[4]


References


  1. Debus, Allen; Debus, Diane E. (2002). "Jay Matternes: Cenozoic Paleoartist". Dinosaur Memories. iUniverse. pp. 518–522. ISBN 978-1-4697-2194-1.
  2. Wiber, Melanie G. (1997). Erect Men/Undulating Women: The Visual Imagery of Gender, "Race" and Progress in Reconstructive Illustrations of Human Evolution. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-88920-557-4.
  3. Peggy McGlone (June 24, 2018). "The beloved murals at Natural History Museum are coming back". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  4. The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Presents the 1983 Birds in Art Exhibition. Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. 1983. p. 92.


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Джей Ховард Маттернз (англ. Jay Howard Matternes, род. 14 апреля 1933) — американский палеохудожник[1] и иллюстратор. Образование получил в университете Карнеги, Питтсбург. Проживает в округе Фэрфакс. Его работа по воссозданию ранних млекопитающих олигоценовой, миоценовой и плиоценовой эпох была широко опубликована в 1950-х и 60-х годах, в том числе в серии книг Time Life. Работы Маттернза находятся в коллекции американского Музея естественной истории и Национального музея естественной истории[2].


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