Robert T. McCall

Art Masterpiece4th Grade

Basha Elementary

“Orion LeavingSpace

Station”

Actually, he was born in

Columbus, Ohio in 1919.

As a boy, he loved things that fly. He liked to look through a telescope at moon craters and

he thought it was awesome!

He loved aircrafts and adventure stories and would sketch pictures to illustrate them in his

spare time.

After high school, he won a scholarship to Art College and then worked at LIFE Magazine illustrating for stories about futuristic space

travel.

Afterwards, he was asked by NASA to illustrate a history of their efforts.

Air and space travel has been the focus of McCall’s work for 40 years.

What does NASA stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Agency

He was asked to do a series of postage stamps regarding America’s space history.

McCall was famous for his artwork and knowledge of space travel.

McCall also worked as a

consultant on the movies

2001: A Space Odyssey

and Star Trek.

This poster inspired Star Wars creators Steven Spielberg and

George Lucas.

In 1970, McCall moved to Arizona with his wife, Louise, who is also an artist. They still

live in Paradise Valley.

“Floating City Over The Arizona Desert”

“Grand Canyon Arrival”

In fact, many of his futuristic paintings are set in the Arizona

Desert.

Along with air and space flight, McCall also paints the future as he imagines it. Much of

his art, especially the murals, are “futurescapes”.

“Construction Site on Earth Orbit” “Visitation”

“Futurescapes” are large pictures that reflect human beings building a clean, beautiful new world with the help of futuristic technology.

“City of Skyscrapers”“Moonlit World”

Some of McCall’s futurescape murals can be

found at the following locations:

Disney’s Epcot Center

NASA

Challenger Space Center(here in Arizona)

This museum features over 400 works of art by Robert McCall.

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Cosmic Birth is a whimsical title for a smaller spacecraft dropping from a larger ship.

The landscape of this artwork was inspired by a trip McCall took to Canyon De Chelly (Shea) in Northern Arizona.

1. What year was Robert McCall born and where?

1. What year was Robert McCall born and where?

2. When he was a little boy, what did he like to look at through his telescope?

1. What year was Robert McCall born and where?

2. When he was a little boy, what did he like to look at through his telescope?

3. What magazine did he work at?

1. What year was Robert McCall born and where?

2. When he was a little boy, what did he like to look at through his telescope?

3. What magazine did he work at?

4. What is a large mural that shows humans building a beautiful, new world with the help

of futuristic technology?

1. What year was Robert McCall born and where?

2. When he was a little boy, what did he like to look at through his telescope?

3. What magazine did he work at?

4. What is a large mural that shows humans building a beautiful, new world with the help

of futuristic technology?

5. Name 2 museums where McCall’s works are displayed.

1. What year was Robert McCall born and where?

2. When he was a little boy, what did he like to look at through his telescope?

3. What magazine did he work at?

4. What is a large mural that shows humans building a beautiful, new world with the help

of futuristic technology?

5. Name 2 museums where McCall’s works are displayed.

6. Where does Robert McCall live today?