In the early 1940s he began astronomical painting on a major scale much of his work appeared in Life magazine, though his most influential paintings were those that accompanied the renowned series of space articles in Collier's Weekly (1952-1953) overseen by Wernher von Braun. He then began working as a matte artist to produce special effects and matte paintings for over a dozen films, including Orson Welles's Citizen Kane ( 1941), The Horn Blows at Midnight ( 1945), Destination Moon ( 1950), When Worlds Collide ( 1951), War of the Worlds ( 1953), and Conquest of Space ( 1955) his work was also used in Cat-Women of the Moon ( 1953) – albeit without his permission the images were simply copied from the book The Conquest of Space ( 1949) – and the television series Men into Space ( 1959-1960). Bonestell studied as an architect at Columbia University in New York, but never graduated, dropping out in his third year nevertheless he was employed by many architectural firms and aided in the design of the Golden Gate Bridge and Chrysler Building.
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